If Martha Goes into Premature Labor, When Is the Earliest

question 151

Multiple Choice

If Martha goes into premature labor, when is the earliest date she can possibly give birth to a live baby?

• A) the twelfth to fourteenth week of pregnancy
• B) the twenty-second to twenty-third week of pregnancy
• C) the twenty-eighth to twenty-ninth week of pregnancy
• D) Predictions are impossible.

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