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Saturday 15 October 2011

134.

Lee called me an 8 months pregnant last night! Ouch!
Not to talk down on him though, I was proper confused about weeks and months too, before looking up on it. I think it's something mankind always will argue about, depends whether you are counting the days as calendar weeks and months, or true lunar months.
After all, baby's going to come whenever she's ready, right?!

Weeks 1 - 4 5 - 8 9 - 13 14 - 17 18 - 21 22 - 26 27 - 30 31 - 35 36 - 40
Which
Month
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in your
second
month
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in your
third
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in your
fourth
month
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in your
fifth
month
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in your
sixth
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in your
seventh
month
You are
in your
eighth
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You are
in your
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This is
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Trimester first second third

'9 months or 10. Confusion starts here.
Although it may be confusing at first, health care providers begin counting the pregnancy from day one of the last known menstrual period. Yes, that is about 14-16 days before you even conceived. There is often confusion when some try to convert weeks into months and count a month as 4 weeks. February is the only month with just 4 weeks. The average calendar month is 30.4 days, a little over 4 weeks and 2 days long. A normal pregnancy is 40 weeks, or a little longer than nine average months.'
'Timeline breakdowns for pregnancy:
- Days: 280 days from your LMP (Gestational) or 266 days from conception to birth (Fetal age).
- Weeks: 40 weeks from the start of your LMP (Gestational). 38 weeks from conception to birth (Fetal age). Most doctors count pregnancy weeks from LMP (Gestational), a few others may count from conception to birth (Fetal age); And the week numbers may vary.
Example: Week 28 (Gestational) = Week 26 (Fetal age)
One thing to note is: Four weeks from the first day of your last period you are considered "4 weeks pregnant", but "in week 5 of pregnancy". This can get confusing, especially considering that your baby is actually, only about two weeks old.
- Months (Calendar): Measured as nine months on the calendar + extra 7 days for due date. According to the Gregorian calendar, where months range from 28-31 days, this means the average pregnancy lasts a little over nine months.
Note: Always count the full months from the first day of your last period, like you would count the number of years in your age ie. in your first year you were 0, in your second year you were 1 year old, etc. eg. LMP = January 1st ~ on February 1st you are 1 month pregnant, on March 1st you are 2 months pregnant etc.'
'Most health care providers will actually talk about your pregnancy in weeks, rather than months or trimesters. Nevertheless, some health care providers and pregnant women talk about the three trimesters to help give the pregnancy a time-scale; Related closely to the important stages of fetal development, and also a beginningmiddle,  and end.
- Beginning: In the first trimester the embryo undergoes most of its early structural development. Most miscarriages occur during this period, the placenta will take over hormone production around week 12 from the corpus luteum. Sometimes, the failure of the corpus luteum to adequately support the pregnancy with progesterone can result in an early pregnancy loss.
- Middle: In the second trimester the embryo, now known as a fetus, is recognisable as human in form, but is not developed enough to be viable if born. The first three months were a period of rapid development, the middle three months are a period of rapid growth.
- End: In the third trimester the fetus reaches viability, and may survive if born prematurely.'

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