My husband to be and I were discussing the length of a pregnancy last night and week worked out the following:
His view:
1st trimester = 14 weeks
2nd trimester = 13 weeks
3rd trimester = 13 weeks
Equals to a total of 40 weeks
40 weeks = 10 Months
Therefore we are pregnant for 10 months not 9.
My view:
52 weeks in a year
52 weeks = 12 months
40 weeks = 9 months
Therefore we are only pregnant for 9 months.
Who is right and who is wrong as both calculations are correct.
Does anyone else consider stuff like this?
2007-10-02 14:39:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Yes we do consider stuff like this, My husband and I were just having the same conversation! 10 months...thats 40 weeks, you are considered at "gestation" on the 36 week mark...36 weeks= 9 months...they wont stop your delivery after that point, so you could give birth any day, although most of us remain with child until closer to 10 months.
2007-10-02 14:50:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pregnancies are considered full term at 40 weeks, and many women count four weeks as a month while they are pregnant, making the result a ten month pregnancy. On average there are actually 4.33 weeks in a month, however that a third of a week tends to get lost in the pregnancy shuffle for much of us.
Many women also find it easier, when asked how pregnant they are, to answer in weeks instead of months, because pregnancy is generally a count down. "I am 24 weeks, only 16 weeks to go!" The most general deduction by a bystander would be that the woman is already six months pregnant, when in actuality, per the Gregorian calendar that most of the world lives by, she is only about five and a half months pregnant.
Women who consider themselves 10 months pregnant usually use this form of calculations:
WKS. MO.
1-4 1
5-8 2
9-12 3
13-16 4
17-20 5
21-24 6
25-28 7
29-32 8
33-36 9
37-40 10
2007-10-02 14:48:47 · answer #2 · answered by AdoringK 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never thought if it your way. I just know all my life I thought it was 9 months but then suddenly my friends who had babies b4 me said nope its 10! And the books say 10 but they don't use 10 months, they always talk in weeks (4 weeks in a month, pregnant for 40 weeks= 10 months). This is also the count that starts from your last period, 38 weeks is from moment of last conception. Who knows maybe its just that all the doctors/science got togther and decided it was more accurate to say 40 weeks instead of the old fashion 9 months, especially since a lot of women are overdue to 42 weeks even.
2007-10-02 14:46:56 · answer #3 · answered by pirouette_130 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most months actually have about 4 weeks and 2-3 days (so almost 4 1/2 weeks. So 40 weeks / 4.5 weeks = 9 months. Pregancies go by weeks, not months. It's just that most lay people (meaning non-medical) go by months and it's closer to 9 than 10, so that's what we say. You'll probably never hear a dr refer to a pregnancy in months, unless he's just estimating.
2007-10-02 14:55:42 · answer #4 · answered by LM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
4 weeks doesn't equal to a month. 4 weeks is 28 days, the only month that's 28 days is Febraury, the others are 30-31. So you are actually pregnant for 9 full months or roughly 275 days
2007-10-02 14:47:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it particularly is 40 weeks -- counted from the 1st day of your final era. Counted from concept, notwithstanding, that is around 38 weeks, and from implantation, around 37 weeks. (9 months would not equivalent 36 weeks, until eventually you're utilising lunar months. maximum months interior the time-honored western calendar have 30-31 days, no longer 28 days.)
2016-10-06 00:13:32 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the first month is actually the month of your last period so you are not technically pregnant yet, which mean you are only pregnant a full 9 months. The first month you are only really pregnant like a week or so.
2007-10-02 14:51:04 · answer #7 · answered by atopqt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all perception really. It's sort of confusing to explain.
Pregnancy lasts 9 FULL months. Meaning you have all four weeks of the 9th month to go through, which means pregnancy ends at the beginning of month ten.
2007-10-02 14:43:11 · answer #8 · answered by Zyggy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A human pregnancy is technically 10 months...doctors keep saying it's 9 months because no one knows the exact date of conception....
2007-10-02 14:43:02 · answer #9 · answered by lacey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pregnancy is actually about 9 months and one week if you get right down to it. My last period was June 17th, my due date is March 25th.
2007-10-02 14:47:55 · answer #10 · answered by Melissa S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋