# Longest. Pregnancy. Ever. or, how long was the longest human pregnancy?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 5, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-pregnancy-ever-or-how-long-was-the-longest-human-pregnancy/311162 "2005-07-05T17:52:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-pregnancy-ever-or-how-long-was-the-longest-human-pregnancy/311162/21 "2016-02-08T02:45:04Z")

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How long is a zombie pregnancy?

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**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-pregnancy-ever-or-how-long-was-the-longest-human-pregnancy/311162/22 "2016-02-08T03:52:02Z")

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> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#):
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> I know of a thread that developed normally for about three days and then stopped. Nothing happened for ten and a half years. It began developing again normally after that point.

I want to have this post’s baby. Even if it has to gestate for years.

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