If it is only 3 months why are people on this board who are not due until November already??!????!? I feel so "old" like should be moved up to 3rd by now....maybe I will spend less time on 2nd and more on August. LOL
This is not to offend anyone, I am not being snarky at all.
Re: Am I crazy or is a trimester longer than 3 months?
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Miles Alister. 9.17.2007. 8# 6oz 21.5inches
Isla Penelope. 10.21.2010. 8# 3oz 21 inches
2 Months 11# 6oz 23.5 inches
4 Months 13# 6oz 25 inches
6 Months 14# 15oz 27 inches
9 Months 17# 10oz 28 inches
12 Months 19# 10oz 28.75 inches
Those due in early Nov are just now hitting the 14 week mark I think.
Also, a lot of women come over to 2nd Tri a little early..
I was in 1st tri from February to April. I was technically in it in January in those weird pre-conception weeks that "count" towards your due date. So 1st tri is fast (even if it doesn't feel like it) because you get 2 bonus weeks automatically before you're even pregnant and most of us didn't test until we're about 4 weeks in (or further) so many of us got a "free month" where we weren't thinking about it every minute.
My 2nd trimester is from the end of April to the very end of July/beginning of August, which is roughly 3 months. So, this seems longer because I'm not still looking all that pregnant, and not at the half-way mark yet. I feel like the last trimester (beginning of August- end of October) seems the shortest, but it may not feel that way, but in my mind, it's when the end is in sight!
I feel like 2nd tri is the longest as well. 1st tri you lose minimum of 4 weeks in the beginning, and a lot of people deliever early so they don't go the full 13.3 weeks in 3rd tri either.
Plus 1st feels like it flew by because I was mostly in a fog and just trying to make it day by day through the nausea and exhaustion.
Agree, I have been lurking but now that I am technically in the 2nd tri this is much better!
this is the BEST explanation I have ever seen for the length of pregnancy I am copying it and pasting it on every board! TIA