Does anyone else feel like the 9th month just drags on and on and on? This is my second child and I felt that way with my first so I decided to do that math.
A pregnancy is supposed to be 40 weeks. There are four weeks in a month and a pregnancy is supposed to last nine months.
Okay... well... what's four times 9? = 36. So if a pregnancy were really nine months we'd all hit our due dates at 36 weeks.
What's four times 10? = 40. 40 weeks equals ten months.
So is a pregnancy really 10 months or what?!?!
2007-08-27 10:04:21 · 12 answers · asked by shellj_foxy 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Four weeks is 28 days, there are a few more days in the month. It works out to 13 weeks in 3 months. Soooo....3 months=13 weeks....6 months=26 weeks......9 months=39 weeks. Then if you take into consideration that you arent actually pregnant until what doctors count as two weeks along...you are actually physically pregnant a little LESS than 9 months. Although I MUST agree, beign 25 weeks intop my third pregnancy it FEELS like a heck of a lot longer than the 10 months some claim :(
2007-08-27 10:11:57 · answer #1 · answered by Betsy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are 10 pregnancy months (28 days each), and 9 and a half calendar months (30.5 days each) in a pregnancy. The first 2 weeks you aren't really pregnant, so either way you are only pregnant for 9 months if you go to 40 weeks.
2007-08-27 10:11:18 · answer #2 · answered by Melissa 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I never go by months because it's confusing. A pregnancy last 40 weeks approx. from the first date of your last menstrual period and approx. 38 weeks gestationally. When people ask how far along I am...I say it by weeks, they can figure out the months. Yes, in the book 'What to Expect While Expecting' they refer to weeks 36-40 as your 10th month of pregnancy. Anyway, good luck!
2007-08-27 10:13:23 · answer #3 · answered by Roz 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You've done some faulty math.
A month is not exactly 4 weeks. It is (except for February) 30 or 31 days. That is 4.28 or 4.42 weeks.
40 weeks = 280 days = 9.18 months.
Also, 40 weeks includes the days in which you were still on your last period, and the week before you ovulated. You'r eonly actually pregnant for aproximately 38ish weeks.
The only months that are 4 weeks are "lunar" months, to which there are 13 in a calendar year.
2007-08-27 10:10:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
well, there is about 4.4444 weeks in a month ( on average) some months have 4 weeks, some have 5, some have 4.5. So when you calculate it by MONTHS its technically nine-ish. it depends what time of year you are pregnant. and how long each month is. Going by weeks is the most accurate way to calculate , because there are always 7 days in a week
You feel me?
2007-08-27 10:13:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suppose that is why a pregnancy is counted in weeks. Your due date is 40 weeks from your LMP. I understand what you are saying but the truth is that months are longer than 28 days.
2007-08-27 10:17:23 · answer #6 · answered by Kate 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not every month has 28 days (4 weeks). Most months have 29, 30 or 31 days. So you have to think about that when you start counting.
2007-08-27 10:09:31 · answer #7 · answered by Banorange 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i know!!!! it is 40 weeks, or ten months...i hvae no idea whythey say a pregnancy is 9 months, you are not even full term until 37 weeks...which is 9 months and one week!!! good question, im 36 and im 9 months pg with my third and i am SO done!!!
2007-08-27 10:12:16 · answer #8 · answered by momma again 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
didnt you know that i mean this is your second child yes you are actually prego for ten months the first four weeks are from conception to implantation and from that point you only have nine more months your Ob should have told you that
2007-08-27 10:11:05 · answer #9 · answered by momo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nine months includes the entire nineth month (so at the end of the nineth month or begining of the tenth is when baby is usually born)
2007-08-27 10:10:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋