This is sorta a silly question but I dont get it.?

Question

When I went to the health department, I had already had the weeks mapped out based on LMP(Last Menstrual Period). So that would mean Im 9 weeks pregnant as of now, but the health department cut me back to I would be 6 wks pregnant right now. So, does the morning sickness start now or was it already supposed to be done and over with? What are most people talking about when they say weeks? If week 12 is the safe period, then am I almost there or should I be going by the health department. Most calenders of pregnancy go by your LMP if your looking up week to week Ive noticed. Im just kinda confused on which I should use on a regular basis, LMP or What the health department told me!!

Ok the point is they said that 2 weeks of everything doesnt count...meaning...the 2 wks before I got pregnant...Do they count or not? When people say 14 wks is the safe period I cant count the two weeks or I can? ..........

Answer 1

I dont know im confussed too!

Answer 2

example: 12 weeks pregnant, 10 weeks age of the baby. There is no right or wrong time for morning sickness to start or stop. The info you read about that is on average. Every woman is different. One can have morning sickness all thru the pregnancy, another can have none, and both be fine. Just depends on how your body reacts to the pregnancy.

Answer 3

Due dates are based on the first day of your last menstrual period....are you periods pretty much on a 28 cycle? Not everyone gets morning sicknes...all 3 of my pregnancies were different...with my last one the first trimester was easy and then I puked my guts out during the second trimester...also, it's not just morning, any time of day.....Also, pregnancies are generally 40 weeks long and to term is considered 38-42 weeks...congrats and good luck

Answer 4

go to babycenter.com type in the date of your last period and they will tell you how many weeks you are. And 14 weeks is the when the chance for miscarrige goes down. not 12. Make sure to see your doctor as often as they tell you. every four weeks in the begining. Good luck .

Answer 5

Usually morning sickness doesnt end till the 2nd trimester. Trimesters are a 3 month period. I would trust what the doctor says because they have methods that can tell almost exactly how far along you are.

Answer 6

Most doctors calculate the start of pregnancy from the first day of your last menstrual period. This is called the "menstrual age" and is about two weeks ahead of when conception actually occurs.

Here's a primer on conception:

Ovulation: Each month, in one of a woman's two ovaries, a group of immature eggs start to develop in small fluid-filled cysts called follicles. Normally, one of the follicles is selected to complete development (maturation). This "dominant follicle" suppresses the growth of all of the other follicles, which stop growing and degenerate. The mature follicle ruptures and releases the egg from the ovary (ovulation). Ovulation generally occurs about two weeks before a woman's next menstrual period begins.

Development of Corpus Luteum: After ovulation, the ruptured follicle develops into a structure called the corpus luteum, which secretes two hormones, progesterone and estrogen. The progesterone helps prepare the endometrium (lining of the uterus) for the embryo to implant by thickening it.

Release of Egg: The egg is released and travels into the fallopian tube where it remains until a single sperm penetrates it during fertilization (the union of egg and sperm; see below). The egg can be fertilized for about 24 hours after ovulation. On average, ovulation and fertilization occurs about two weeks after your last menstrual period.

Menses: If no sperm is around to fertilize the egg, it and the corpus luteum will degenerate, removing the high level of hormones. This causes the endometrium to slough off, resulting in menstrual bleeding. Then the cycle repeats itself.

Fertilization: If sperm does meet and penetrate a mature egg after ovulation, it will fertilize it. When the sperm penetrates the egg, changes occur in the protein coating around it to prevent other sperm from entering. At the moment of fertilization, your baby's genetic make-up is complete, including its sex. Since the mother can provide only X chromosomes (she's XX), if a Y sperm fertilizes the egg, your baby will be a boy (XY); if an X sperm fertilizes the egg, your baby will be a girl (XX).

Implantation: Within 24-hours after fertilization, the egg begins dividing rapidly into many cells. It remains in the fallopian tube for about three days. The fertilized egg (called a zygote) continues to divide as it passes slowly through the fallopian tube to the uterus where its next job is to attach to the endometrium (a process called implantation). First the zygote becomes a solid ball of cells, then it becomes a hollow ball of cells called a blastocyst. Before implantation, the blastocyst breaks out of its protective covering. When the blastocyst establishes contact with the endometrium, an exchange of hormones helps the blastocyst attach. Some women notice spotting (or slight bleeding) for one or two days around the time of implantation. The endometrium becomes thicker and the cervix is sealed by a plug of mucus.

Within three weeks, the blastocyst cells begin to grow as clumps of cells within that little ball, and the baby's first nerve cells have already formed. Your developing baby is called an embryo from the moment of conception to the eighth week of pregnancy. After the eighth week and until the moment of birth, your developing baby is called a fetus.

Pregnancy Hormones: Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin (hCG) is a hormone present in your blood from the time of conception and is produced by the cells that form the placenta. This is the hormone detected in a pregnancy test; but, it usually takes three to four weeks from the first day of your last period for the levels of hCG to be high enough to be detected by pregnancy tests.

Congratulations! Best wishes!

Answer 7

Every woman's cycle is different if you are confident in the way you are basing your weeks on and you know your body then trust your on judgment. No doctor is perfectly accurate in this matter. So consider what they're saying with what you know about you.

Answer 8

Either way it goes you can go by them but usually they are wrong because they were wrong about mine. They told me I was almost 2 mos when in reality when I got my ultrasound I was just turning 2 mo. Go with there date until you can get to your doctor and get your ultrasound it gives the correct age of you fetus.

Answer 9

after the first trimester is when they say your safe. And morning sickness , I have 3 kids and never got morning sickness with any of them. ever

Answer 10

You may not get morning sickness - not all woment do. I didn't get any with my two kids.