10 Months Pregnant?

Question

Has anyone in history ever been 10 months pregnant?
What would happen to the mother and the child if she was late 1 month, being pregnant for 10 months?

Answer 1

Yes, a normal pregnancy lasts 10 months. The whole 9 month thing started long, long ago before calendars. Women knew once they missed their period that they could count on a baby arriving after 9 full moons, so this, over the years was translated into 9 month pregnancies, which is not accurate. A full term pregnancy is 40 weeks, divide that down, and you come up with 10 months.

In addition to that, the reason that doctors will not generally let you go more than 2 weeks past your due date is because the placenta begins to die. Once the "shelf life" of a placenta starts to come to an end, the placenta forms small white spots all over it. It breaks down and begins to lose function which will cause the baby to die. This is why labor is induced before a woman is more than 2 weeks past due.

It is physically impossible to be pregnant for 11 months or more. People that claim this are sorely mistaken, are miscalculating, or just do not want to admit they didn't get pregnant their first time. If you are not married, it "sounds" better if you are telling people that you got pregnant on your first time. Therefore, many people like others to believe they were pregnant for 11 months or more. Can't happen.

Answer 2

38 - 40 weeks is a normal pregnancy.
Some dr's will induce you (make you go into labor using drugs) the very next day after reaching 40 weeks but now days with all the knowledge we have a dr won't let you go past 42 weeks.

With my first child we were late and I did not want to get induced because I was told it was a more painful birth so I waited. But at 42 weeks my dr told me we could not wait anymore because after 42 weeks the placenta ( where the child gets in food and vitamins ) is no longer working correctly and can at that point start to cause harm instead of good. So I was scheduled for the induction and I don't know if it was nerves or what ever I went into labor on my own right before the induction was to begin.

Answer 3

They are called "10 month mamas" and yes, it happens. Sometimes it's hereditary (all the mothers in the line have long pregnancies) and sometimes it's just that pregnancy. The reason why doctors don't typically allow it to go on that long is because there are increasing problems with babies in trouble and stillbirths. This is due to the breakdown of the placenta. If you have a family history of going 10 months, it's a total nonproblem.

42 weeks was just an arbitrary cutoff based on the fact that the majority of women give birth between 38-42 weeks, not on medical data that shows that 43 week is a certain downturn. It does not mean that on 42 weeks and 1 day that the placenta self destructs. Some doctors who are comfortable with it, have no issues with going to 43 weeks, but generally, they want to induce you at 42 anyway.

Answer 4

Some persons say 9 some say 10. It really just depends upon the way you seem at it. You are pregnant for 40 weeks. A normal month has four weeks in it. And thats why some men and women say 10 months, however the final two months of the being pregnant are truely considered 5 weeks lengthy!

Answer 5

There have been cases of this, however now, with the technology we have, a mother would be induced. If she still did not go into labor, or could not give birth, then a c-section would be necessary.
The biggest risk factor at this point would be that the baby would have gained quite a bit of weight, making it VERY difficult to give birth naturally. The risk for c-section goes up quite a bit after being two weeks late. Generally two weeks after the due date, the doctor will induce and do whatever is necessary to get the baby out.

Answer 6

If you actually calculate you are pregnant for 40 weeks which is 10 months . I asked the same question lol I thought you were pregnant for 9 months , but my Dr explained that they go back to your first period which added the extra 4 weeks. I am 36 weeks pregnant and still have 4 weeks to go which makes me by the time baby comes 10 months

Answer 7

The longest pregnancy on record was 53 WEEKS (13 months)!

Mar. 5, 1945 - a woman delivered at 375 days instead of the normal 280!! Here is the full story
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,797153,00.html

If the baby stays in too long the uterine environment starts to deteriorate and that's not good for the baby. Also the baby gets so big it becomes very burdensome and painful for the mother.

Answer 8

It's really no different than being 9 months, i carried my son to 10 months plus a week. I heard though, that if a baby is in past 10 months or so it could harm baby.

Answer 9

They usually don't let you go beyond 42 weeks without induction. I know from experience.
The placenta and the vernix that covers baby will break down and be less efficient decreasing oxygen and moisture/protective barrier on baby.
They will wait until 42 weeks for you to hopefully go on your own especially 1st pregnancy but if not by then they induce you.

Answer 10

Actually, pregnancies are actually 10 months from conception to birth. So the correct question would be...what if someone were 11 months pregnant?