Before I got pregnant, I had no clue that docs count 40 weeks from your LMP. So how is the zygote developing in those first two weeks if it actually has yet to exist? And in actuality, 40 weeks results in 10 months, not 9!! And so if I am 7 weeks along, that actually means my babe is only 5 weeks old. I don't even know if I'm asking a particular question here, lol. Just wondering if anyone else has stumbled upon all this info and only learned of it after becoming pregnant.
2007-01-27 05:12:30 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
The reason the docs count 40 weeks from your LMP is because you don't become pregnant right when you are having your period, you become pregnant approximately 2 weeks after your period begins. Technically a month isn't always 4 weeks exactly, if that were the case a month would always be 28 days long, and we know that's not true, they are usually 30-31 days long. So technically, yes a pregnancy, at least the way the docs count it, is 10 months long. This was very confusing to me when I first found out that I'm pregnant. They also don't count the week until the end of the week, like if you are 26 weeks pregnant, you are in your 27th week.
2007-01-27 10:22:55 · answer #1 · answered by sweetieme19 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is a very confusing process some women know exactly the day they concieved and still the dr goes by the lmp you would think they would go by ovulation date !!!
2007-01-27 13:46:33 · answer #2 · answered by BlessedMommyof3.. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yea I know how you feel. I get confused too
2007-01-27 13:43:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋