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* During the [[The Clone Saga]], [[Spider Man|Mary Jane]] was pregnant for about two years in real time, which matches up with Marvel's time scale, 3 years in real time equals 1 year in the comics.

* The Queen of Darshan in ''[[Lanfeust]]'' has been pregnant for 15 months when first seen. Discovering the reason for the unusual length is a minor plot point. {{spoiler|The culprit is the darshanide Goddess of Pleasure, who wanted to punish the King for not giving the Queen an orgasm when conceiving the baby. The moment the heroes confront the goddess and mention that the Queen is the one truly suffering, she lifts the curse and [[Instant Birth, Just Add Water|the Queen instantly gives birth to a son]].}}

* ''[[Nine Chickweed Lane]]'': Diane has been pregnant since June 2009 - a total padded out by the six-month [[Whole Episode Flashback]] that immediately succeeded that reveal. She finally gave birth in October 2011... after going into labor in August and having '''that''' padded out with another character's [[Journey to The Center of The Mind]].

* ''[[Nine Chickweed Lane]]'': Diane has been pregnant since June 2009 - a total padded out by the six-month [[Whole-Episode Flashback]] that immediately succeeded that reveal. She finally gave birth in October 2011... after going into labor in August and having '''that''' padded out with another character's [[Journey to The Center of The Mind]].

* [[Baby Blues]]: Wanda, [[Parody Sue|Bunny]], and Yolanda were pregnant with Wren, [[Too Many Babies|Wendell John and Wendell Jon]], and Dziko. Wanda's pregnancy with Hammie also lasted long, mostly due to [[Comic Book Time]]

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* This article reports of a woman who had a [http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/03/04/4380061-the-curious-case-of-the-stone-baby calcified fetus removed from her body]. Apparently she had miscarried the almost full term baby and never passed it from her system. The fetus calcified and remained in her womb for ''decades'' before doctors removed it.

* An elephant fetus takes 2 years to gestate.

* A number of animals are capable of [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Delayed_implantation~~ delayed implantation]. For example, the nine-banded armadillo delays for about the same amount of time it takes to gestate (four months).

* A number of animals are capable of [[wikipedia:Delayed implantation|delayed implantation]]. For example, the nine-banded armadillo delays for about the same amount of time it takes to gestate (four months).

* [[Reality Is Unrealistic|It's actually very possible for a woman to be pregnant for ten or eleven months.]] Unfortunately, these pregnancies have a high rate of death for the fetus, much higher than an equivalent premature baby, because the baby's head is generally too large to fit through the pelvis.

** You can just perform a cesarean. Bigger problems are caused by issues such as placenta becoming less active and baby being able to poo in the womb.

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