So i was Talking to somebody about how pregnancy works, well Ive always heard If welll lets use a random week say, your 10 weeks pregnant, wouldnt the baby only be like 8 week's or something or cause You Look on online Calendars saying Your 3 weeks pregnant and yet you just ovulated last week on the Calendar???? I know this is such a silly question I dont know a whole lot about pregnancy cause i Miscarried at 8 or 9 weeks and never really started looking stuff up about it. but whats your opinion??
2007-02-24 18:34:56 · 7 answers · asked by yellowdaisy 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
hey thanks! everyone for answering my question, I thought i was right, but i wasnt 100% sure, but i thought i;d still ask because it did seem like a Good question to ask, but atleast i know i'm right about something lol. I appericated everyones answers =]
2007-02-24 18:52:44 · update #1
They calculate your pregnancy and how far along you are from the first day of your last menstrual cycle, but the baby is not actually conceived until 2 weeks later. Therefore you are 2 weeks ahead of the baby! So yes, if you are 10 weeks the baby would be 8. Ans so on. Hope that helped a little!
2007-02-24 18:46:02 · answer #1 · answered by sam_scallin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are right, at 10 weeks your fetus is about 8 weeks old. Drs. calculate it that way because while you can say for sure what the first day of your last period was, no one knows for sure when you ovulated. Average is 14 days after first day of last period but it could be sooner or later. So the only sure date to calculate by is the period.
2007-02-24 18:43:17 · answer #2 · answered by Mary D 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on the definitions of time. gestational age begins from the first day of your last period which is two weeks before you conceive and this is what most doctors use and average length of pregnancy is 40 weeks. Ovulatory age begins the day you conceive average length of pregnancy is 38 weeks. hope that helps.
2007-02-24 18:46:43 · answer #3 · answered by meme142 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You know what I think is funny. Everyone says pregnancy is 9 months. But then doctors want you to carry until 40 weeks. Isn't 40 weeks, 10 months????
2007-02-24 18:40:46 · answer #4 · answered by Melanie P 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, your right...at 10 weeks the fetus is about 8 weeks old.
2007-02-24 18:39:46 · answer #5 · answered by Dani 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no pregnancy starts from conception, if you are 10 weeks pregnant then that is when the sperm fertilized the egg, Ovulation by calander is not an exact science.
2007-02-24 18:41:21 · answer #6 · answered by reshadow31 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the doctors do start calculating from the first day of your last period. Sounds silly but that is what they do.
2007-02-24 18:39:48 · answer #7 · answered by dj_jonesd 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋