How are you guys counting your "months"?

Allisonz0312 · March 2013

Silly, but just curious, what are you guys going by? "I'm 12 weeks so I'm 3 months" or "on the 13th I'm due in 6 months so that's when I'm 3 months"? I know it's a small difference, but half a month seems like a lot to me when I'm excited by every little milestone!

Surfergirl013 · March 2013

i divide the weeks by 4...so 14 weeks /4 equals 3.5 months:)

JocelynB0911 · March 2013

Surfergirl013:
i divide the weeks by 4...so 14 weeks /4 equals 3.5 months:)

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OpheliaChem · March 2013

I find its too confusing to do months so I just do weeks. But I think most people do the "divide by 4 rule"...it gets you pretty close!

smilormarie · March 2013

I'm going by actual calendar months. So although I'm 12 weeks, I'm only 2.5 months pregnant, almost 3 months. Maybe next week I'll go with 3 months.

staceymack · March 2013

OpheliaChem:
I find its too confusing to do months so I just do weeks. But I think most people do the "divide by 4 rule"...it gets you pretty close!

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magdalina.h · March 2013

I'm 3 months or in my 4th month. Usually stick with 3 months.

OliveMom3 · March 2013

I'm showing quite a bit so I say I'm in my 4th month.

NicknShan · March 2013

I would go by due date. I.e., I am due 9/27. So on 2/27 I became 2 months (7 to go).

NNGnome · March 2013

I go by actual months, I never get this question, there are 4 1/2 weeks per month so dividing by 4 makes no sense, I know when I conceived and when I am due, so it's not rocket science, I am 2 1/2 months, or 12 weeks, on 15 March (13 1/2 weeks) I will be 3 months.

niecie_jeff · March 2013

I just go by weeks. It goes by so slowly if I go by months.

RunningGal900 · March 2013

Surfergirl013:
i divide the weeks by 4...so 14 weeks /4 equals 3.5 months:)

But there are not 4 weeks in any month except February. Since every other month has 30 or 31 days, this won't get you there. But if you're just talking to someone who asks how far along, it works fine because I don't think they really care down to the day. But for you, if you're asking for your pregnancy journal or whatever, you always turn X weeks on the same day of the week and you always turn X months on a specific date.

I'm due September 29, so I won't be three months until March 29, but I will turn 12 weeks on March 17. That's a 12 day difference! At 14 weeks (March31) I will just be 2 days past being 3 months pregnant.

What really bothers me is people who say that pregnancy is 10 months because it's 40 weeks. It's not. It may be just slightly longer than 9 months, but it's definitely not 10!

smilormarie · March 2013

NicknShan:
I would go by due date. I.e., I am due 9/27. So on 2/27 I became 2 months (7 to go).

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EMLYNNLERETTE · March 2013

OpheliaChem:
I find its too confusing to do months so I just do weeks. But I think most people do the "divide by 4 rule"...it gets you pretty close!

This. If I get confused looks, I mention a 40 week pregnancy.

Sony22 · March 2013

NicknShan:
I would go by due date. I.e., I am due 9/27. So on 2/27 I became 2 months (7 to go).

I do this. I found out in January. So January I was one month. Feb- 2nd month and March- 3months but I'm not saying three months yet cuz it feels too early...

It is confusing. Cuz pregnancy IS 40 weeks long/ 4=10months. It's not 36weeks long and yeah, a month is more than 28days.

I think "what to expect when expecting" breaks it down.

achadwick19 · March 2013

Yeaaah this is why I pretty much just go by my weeks haha. Too confusing..

MamaInMN · March 2013

https://www.babycenter.com/0_how-pregnant-am-i-pregnancy-by-weeks-months-and-trimesters_10326878.bc

Not sure how to make it clicky...but that's what I plan to use, easy-peasy!

kje120 · March 2013

Since a pregnancy is 40 weeks if you are dividing by 4 then you'll get to the point that you're 9.5 months pregnant.

I go by the date. On the 30th of this month I'll have 5 months to go so I'll consider myself 4 months.

kat81again2 · March 2013

I'm not counting months yet, but if I need to for whatever reason, I go based on how long I've actually been pregnant (since conception/ovulation.) It was at the end of December so I just round to Jan 1 for ease. So I'd say I'm 2 mo pregnant and some change. But I realize then my calculation is less than other people's. When I get closer to the due date I will be counting back from there, probably.

kat81again2 · March 2013

RunningGal900:
Surfergirl013:
i divide the weeks by 4...so 14 weeks /4 equals 3.5 months:)
But there are not 4 weeks in any month except February. Since every other month has 30 or 31 days, this won't get you there. But if you're just talking to someone who asks how far along, it works fine because I don't think they really care down to the day. But for you, if you're asking for your pregnancy journal or whatever, you always turn X weeks on the same day of the week and you always turn X months on a specific date.
I'm due September 29, so I won't be three months until March 29, but I will turn 12 weeks on March 17. That's a 12 day difference! At 14 weeks (March31) I will just be 2 days past being 3 months pregnant.
What really bothers me is people who say that pregnancy is 10 months because it's 40 weeks. It's not. It may be just slightly longer than 9 months, but it's definitely not 10!

YES to all of this, except that the pregnancy is actually SHORTER than 9 mo! We get those extra two weeks for free / no reason (they consider 0 wks to be your LMP, but you don't actually conceive until you ovulate ~2wks later). A pregnancy is 38 weeks of gestation, which works out to be less than 9 mo. So it REALLY bothers me when people say it's 10 months. I ovulated Dec 29 and I'm due Sept 22. In what world is that 10 months? not even 9.

kdv77 · March 2013

kat81again2:
RunningGal900:
Surfergirl013:
i divide the weeks by 4...so 14 weeks /4 equals 3.5 months:)
But there are not 4 weeks in any month except February. Since every other month has 30 or 31 days, this won't get you there. But if you're just talking to someone who asks how far along, it works fine because I don't think they really care down to the day. But for you, if you're asking for your pregnancy journal or whatever, you always turn X weeks on the same day of the week and you always turn X months on a specific date.
I'm due September 29, so I won't be three months until March 29, but I will turn 12 weeks on March 17. That's a 12 day difference! At 14 weeks (March31) I will just be 2 days past being 3 months pregnant.
What really bothers me is people who say that pregnancy is 10 months because it's 40 weeks. It's not. It may be just slightly longer than 9 months, but it's definitely not 10!
YES to all of this, except that the pregnancy is actually SHORTER than 9 mo! We get those extra two weeks for free / no reason (they consider 0 wks to be your LMP, but you don't actually conceive until you ovulate ~2wks later). A pregnancy is 38 weeks of gestation, which works out to be less than 9 mo. So it REALLY bothers me when people say it's 10 months. I ovulated Dec 29 and I'm due Sept 22. In what world is that 10 months? not even 9.

All of this! It's one of my pet peeves. I remember getting into an argument with my sister when she tried telling me she would be pregnant for 10 months. Gahhhhh!

AnjaO · March 2013

kdv77:
kat81again2:
RunningGal900:
Surfergirl013:
i divide the weeks by 4...so 14 weeks /4 equals 3.5 months:)
But there are not 4 weeks in any month except February. Since every other month has 30 or 31 days, this won't get you there. But if you're just talking to someone who asks how far along, it works fine because I don't think they really care down to the day. But for you, if you're asking for your pregnancy journal or whatever, you always turn X weeks on the same day of the week and you always turn X months on a specific date.
I'm due September 29, so I won't be three months until March 29, but I will turn 12 weeks on March 17. That's a 12 day difference! At 14 weeks (March31) I will just be 2 days past being 3 months pregnant.
What really bothers me is people who say that pregnancy is 10 months because it's 40 weeks. It's not. It may be just slightly longer than 9 months, but it's definitely not 10!
YES to all of this, except that the pregnancy is actually SHORTER than 9 mo! We get those extra two weeks for free / no reason (they consider 0 wks to be your LMP, but you don't actually conceive until you ovulate ~2wks later). A pregnancy is 38 weeks of gestation, which works out to be less than 9 mo. So it REALLY bothers me when people say it's 10 months. I ovulated Dec 29 and I'm due Sept 22. In what world is that 10 months? not even 9.
All of this! It's one of my pet peeves. I remember getting into an argument with my sister when she tried telling me she would be pregnant for 10 months. Gahhhhh!