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lulabellalula
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confused as to what month i'm in..help?!
lulabellalula
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So this website:
https://www.baby2see.com/pregnancylength.html
states that in my 18th week, i am in my fifth month of pregnancy...
however, at babycenter.com and on the bump...i am told i am still 4 1/2 months...
so which is it??!
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Re: confused as to what month i'm in..help?!
4.5 Months is 4 and 1/2 months, not 4 months and halfthrough through month 5. ( it is halfway through month 4 though!)
Op:
you are 4 1/2 months pregnant at 18 weeks. 20 weeks is 5 months, 24 weeks is 6 months, 28 weeks is 7 months, and so on.
18 divided by 4 weeks= 4.5 months.
At least thats how I've been taught to do it!!
how is 4.5 months still month 4? Here's how I'm figuring:
weeks 1-4 = month 1
weeks 5-8 = month 2
weeks 9-12 = month 3
weeks 13-16 = month 4
weeks 17-20 = month 5
So she's have finished month 4 and be in month 5 at 4.5 months/18 weeks. What am I not getting lol?
how is 4.5 months still month 4? Here's how I'm figuring:
weeks 1-4 = month 1
weeks 5-8 = month 2
weeks 9-12 = month 3
weeks 13-16 = month 4
weeks 17-20 = month 5
So she's have finished month 4 and be in month 5 at 4.5 months/18 weeks. What am I not getting lol?
The bolded is not correct. At 4.5 months you have completed a full 4 months plus 1/2 month, that's why there is an "and" in there.
If you go by each month having 4 weeks, then we are pregnant for 10 months (40 divided by 4 = 10 months). It would also mean that there are 13 months in a year (52 divided by 4 = 13).
To figure out how many months you are, count backwards from your due date. So for me, my due date is May 11 so April 11 I will be 8 months, March 11 will be 7 months, and so on.
It's really not that difficult people.
I do something similar to this - I count the months from my LMP. So that was July 15th so I am just over 5 months (at 22 weeks)
It's the same as your birthday... I'm 28 currently, as in, I have completed 28 years... I am in my 29th year. As in, I am still only 28!!
So if you're 4.5 months pregnant, you have completed that many months but you are technically in your 5th month!!
LMP was back in August 11th...
my due date is May 16th 2011
I think what it is, after more researching is i am in my 18th week of pregnancy, but my baby is in the fetal age of 16 weeks.
i think O.o
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when you are figuring out a month it is 4.3 weeks.... that might help!
There's a really good reason pregnancy is measured in WEEKS... this is it. You're 18 weeks, problem solved.
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exactly! that was my reasoning too. Like pp said... it is not that difficult. Or at least it shouldn't be! If anyone is still confused, try this https://www.baby2see.com/pregnancylength.html
Your backwards counting is wrong too!
I'm due March 22. So according to the backwards counting, Feb 22- 8 months, Jan 22- 7 months, Dec 22-6 months. BUT I'm already 6 months. In fact, starting week 27, I'm 7 months. I'll be 27 weeks next Tuesday...which is a full month away from the "backwards count 7 months" as Jan 22.
THIS is why I insist on telling people in weeks. And when they say, "But how many months is that?" I tell them that pregnancies are stated in weeks, not months.
1st Month = Weeks 1,2,3,4
2nd Month = Weeks 5,6,7,8
3rd Month = Weeks 9,10,11,12,13Your Second Trimester:
4th Month = Wks 14,15,16,17
5th Month = Wks 18,19,20,21
6th Month = Wks 22,23,24,25,26Your Third Trimester:
7th Month = Wks 27,28,29,30
8th Month = Wks 31,32,33,34,35
9th Month = Wks 36,37,38,39,40Week 1 till end of week 13Begin week 14 till end week 26Begin week 27 till Birth
Wow. First, 40 weeks does not = 9 months, it = 10 months. We say you are pregnant for 9 months because the first month doesn't really count (generally you find out you are pregnant at about 4 weeks, and the 9 months starts there.)
Just count your pregnancy in weeks, the month really doesn't matter.
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OP, if you know your LMP is is so easy! Just count the months it's been since then. Also, "in your fifth month" is the same as 4.5 months.
Ladies, just because you wanna sound like you're further along doesn't make you further along. Your baby is coming at the same time no matter what shiz you're spewing.
While I am perfectly capable of reading a calender and also perfectly capable of knowing what week/day I am in my pregnancy, the rest of the world (except for those women who were recently pregnant) looks at me with a blank look of confusion when I say "I'm in my xth week." They want to know months. So of course you can just ignore them and say - I'm in my xth week, or you can try to be accommodating and tell them what month you're in. According to my Mayo Clinic book, I am in the 2nd week of my 5th month (that lasting from weeks 17-20, according to them). However, that means that I will have 10 months of pregnancy, which the rest of the world does not understand.
I also would like to point to the previous posters who have noted that calender months don't have only 4 weeks (28 days), as is assumed by my Mayo book and several websites, apparently. So for the rest of the world, I think of when my LMP was and count the months from there. It was Aug 20 = I'm at the very end of my 4th month for the world at large. For reading up on what's going on with my baby in my book I'm in my 5th, and for my doctor and myself I'm just starting my 18th week.
For all those rolling their eyes and making snide comments about how easy it is, I would think from this post it would be clear that it is not always that easy to keep track of the different ways of counting. My suggestion - let's switch the world over to counting in weeks :-)
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BFP3: DD2 born Feb 2013 at 38w4d via unplanned RCS due to uterine dehiscence