I am still confused about how long it is exactly. Does anyone know?
2006-08-01 21:12:13 · 26 answers · asked by SmokyJD 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
pregnancy is counted in lunar months not calendar months. a lunar month has 28 days or about 4 weeks, since a normal pregnancy lasts about 40-42 weeks it is said that the term is of 10 months meaning 10 lunar months, but in terms of calendar months that would be about 9 months. got it?
2006-08-01 21:19:57 · answer #1 · answered by sue21 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
9 Months.
2006-08-01 21:15:25 · answer #2 · answered by Jessica 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
9 months
2006-08-01 21:17:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The pregnancy goes for 9 FULL months.
Which is 40 weeks.
There are 4 weeks in a month divided by 40= 10 months
You go up to the 10th month--just not acually past that.
2006-08-01 21:21:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
9 months. Pregnancy is calculated from the first day of the last period until 40 weeks later. However, conception doesn't actaull take place until 2 weeks after the first day of the last period. meaning that in fact, in text book cases, she is pregnant for 38 weeks, which is 9 months (6 months with 4 weeks, 3 months with 5 weeks ish)
2006-08-01 22:09:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does seem like 10 months. That is because each months is longer then 28 days. when i was pregnant i never went by months. I went by weeks. I new at 20 weeks i was half way through my pregnancy. To answer you it is only 9 months.
2006-08-01 21:58:19 · answer #6 · answered by JAYNE C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The actual length varies, but the average term is 9 months.
There are cases of premature birth, and then the rare longer terms, such as Dr. August, who gave birth to a baby boy in 1999, after a pregnancy lasting 17 months 11 days.
2006-08-01 21:17:34 · answer #7 · answered by tcindie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, it is counted in weeks. 40, which is about 10 months. The first month doesnt count because mose women dont even know yet. It is usually 37-40 is considered normal. Whoever said 10 months on the first kid is sadly mistaken. My first time I only got to 31 weeks. But I had twins, so that doesnt really count, and Im having my 3rd set in October.
2006-08-02 01:23:28 · answer #8 · answered by ♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's 40 weeks. most people consider 4 weeks=1 month. Actually there's almost 4 1/2 weeks to a month So it's only nine calendar months.
2006-08-02 02:59:57 · answer #9 · answered by emily 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
10 months on the first baby, 9 months on the next one/s.
2006-08-01 21:17:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋