So sick of arguing!!

Auddie2122 · April 2010

With my mother!!!! At least 3 times a week she gets into the same argument with me.. on how many months I actually am. Someone please help me out. By the 3 pregnancy calendars I have on my phone (and my dr) I will be 8 months in a week and 3 days. Does this mean I will have completed 7 months or 8 months of pregnancy?? She keeps saying that when I turn 8 months I will just be starting my 8th month.. but technically I will be starting into my 9th month, right??? If I'm wrong please tell me.. I'd love to just end this once and for all lol

Alexandra*sMom · April 2010

Nope, she is right. You will be starting your 8th month. You are 30 weeks PG and have 2 months left.

I am in my 9th month, but not done yet....

amy0105 · April 2010

I don't have the link - but, there is a place that tells you the months with the weeks...

Personally though...I consider 32 weeks being 8 months (but, I know that technically you're not supposed to just divide by four)...

So, your mom may be right on this one...sorry

Your twin tummy looks great though

Rachelilly23 · April 2010

This is how I understand it...

You are in your 8th month from weeks 31-35. You will have completed your 8th month by week 35, at which point you can say you are 8 months. By 31 weeks, you can say you are 7 months...

BeckyTheEngineer · April 2010

Sorry, your mom is right. At 32 weeks you'll still have a full 2 months/8 weeks to go until 40, so you'll have completed 7 months. I think of it as counting back from 9 months, instead of counting up from 0.

CaitlinJ22 · April 2010

who cares? Why is it such a big deal for her? I mean you are also pg with twins which means you will most likely not make 40 wks....

I would tell her you are so many weeks pregnant and leave it at that. Doc's use weeks bc its more accurate.

niki731 · April 2010

CaitlinJ22:

who cares? Why is it such a big deal for her? I mean you are also pg with twins which means you will most likely not make 40 wks....

I would tell her you are so many weeks pregnant and leave it at that. Doc's use weeks bc its more accurate.

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NicoleR524 · April 2010

CaitlinJ22:

who cares? Why is it such a big deal for her? I mean you are also pg with twins which means you will most likely not make 40 wks....

I would tell her you are so many weeks pregnant and leave it at that. Doc's use weeks bc its more accurate.

Really. Who cares? IMO not something worth arguing about

Auddie2122 · April 2010

Dang it lol ok.. I guess I'm wrong. The apps on my phone just confused me I guess. And I think I'll go with what the PP said.. I'm sticking with the weeks lol that I do know!

julybaby23 · April 2010

This is so funny because my mother and I have argued about the same thing. And you should really not argue with a pregnant woman who wants to get to the end of pregnancy! I was making the same mistake-- to say you are 8 months pregnant implies that the 8 months are completed... which they are not until you begin your 9th month. I've started answering in weeks instead of saying months, or saying "I'm in my 7th month" so I'm not confusing myself anymore. Good luck!

LouRN09 · April 2010

BeckyTheEngineer:
Sorry, your mom is right. At 32 weeks you'll still have a full 2 months/8 weeks to go until 40, so you'll have completed 7 months. I think of it as counting back from 9 months, instead of counting up from 0.

This is what I do....count backwards. Since I technically have 6 weeks to go, I tell people I am about 7 1/2 months pregnant (I will start saying 8 months here in a week or so). Althought I am "in" my 8th month, that is just too confusing for me and other people when they try and do the math.

AmandaJane1 · April 2010

I understand the confusion- pregnancy is 40 weeks, so if you divide by 4, there are 10 months of pregnancy. Technically, after 32 weeks you have completed 8 months of pregnancy. HOWEVER, the 40 weeks is calculated from your LMP, not ovulation/conception, so that throws things off by a couple of weeks (technically during weeks 1 and 2 of "pregnancy" you haven't actually conceived yet). So as a result, 32 weeks is the beginning of your 8th month. Sorry!

Dreamsicle23 · April 2010

I'm just as far along as you, and right now I tell people I'm 7 months. It's less scientific, but I figure I'd be 9 months on my due date, which is just over 2 months away so right now I'm about 7 months. For anyone who already has kids or understands pregnancy well I still tell them weeks...the weeks are less confusing.

jess60 · April 2010

https://www.baby2see.com/pregnancylength.html

Hth!

Maria Agnesa · April 2010

You need to understand that most months have more then 28 days (4 weeks) SOOOO..... If you count by weeks you are more accurate but if your trying to understand the month thing take your due date and go back from there.

Eg... I'm due June 17th so May 17th I will be 8 months (completed), April 17th I was 7 months (completed). So I tell people I am 7 and a half months!

Hope this helps!

cookieinva · April 2010

I'm not sure it's worth arguing about, but it is confusing and I go through this with my mom a lot because she doesn't "get" weeks since everything was in months when she was last pregnant.

A comparison might be helpful to not get confused between what month you are in and how far along you are. Think about a child, your LO even, at say 6 months old. Your LO is IN his/her first year, but is not a year old yet. In the same way, when you hit 8 months (in a week and 3 days), just starting your 8th month, you are IN your 8th month, but are not 8 months along yet. Your LO is only a year old after a year is completed, likewise you are only 8 months pregnant after the 8th month is completed.

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