View full size image. How long a healthy pregnancy lasts can vary by as much as five weeks, even when doctors precisely determined the date of conception, a new study suggests.
Exemptions for dependents. You can usually claim an exemption for each of your dependents. A dependent is either your child or a relative who meets a set of tests. You can't claim your spouse as a dependent. You must list the Social Security number of each dependent you claim on your tax return.
No, you don't claim yourself as a dependent on your own return. But as long as you are not claimed as a dependent by someone else, then you get an exemption for yourself for $3300, so it works out the same financially as it would to have a dependent.