Someone, Please explain this to me before i go nuts trying to explain it to my family?

Question

Ok I am 32 weeks and 4 days pregnant according to my Pregnancy Calendar, and i say that I am 9 months pregnant. It say Oct 22-Nov 18 is nine months and Nov 19-Dec 16 is 10 months, but what i can not explain to them because i do not understand myself is why in the world i am nine months but don't have the baby until Dec.16th when everyone say your pregnant for 9 months. so does this mean that pregnancy is no longer 9 months but 10 months???? Please explain to me how i can be nine months but no baby is coming anytime soon. my husband and mother can not be convinced that i am carrying a baby for 10 months instead of 9. But if you do the math there is 4 weeks in each month and 4 divide by 40 is 10 months. please explain this to me before i go crazy myself. because it is so hard to explain to people when they say how many moths are you and i say 9 there like o well your due any day now and i say no i'm not due til december and there looking at me like i'm nuts!!! Please help me!

Answer 1

there are 42 weeks in a pregnancy

doctors go by a lunar calendar

whatever that is



i look at it like

42 weeks divided by 4 weeks in a month = 10 months and 2 weeks.



so you would be nine months

my due date is dec. 1st so i'm right there with ya.

its confusing.

Answer 2

When you reached the 32 week mark, you became 8 months pregnant. A full pregnancy is 40 weeks which is 10 months. The calculator probaby was saying that you are in your nineth month (meaning you're moving towards it) but not fully nine months until 36 weeks. If you count the months from when you conceived till your due date, you should only count ahead 9 months. Technically a real full month is 4 weeks and a couple days, but when pregnant, we only consider it to be exactly 4 weeks. You don't count the couple days and those are what add up at the end to the final 4 weeks. Hope this helps! Congrats and good luck!

Answer 3

There are more than four weeks in a month... 4 weeks is 28 days and only feb has 28 days the rest are obviously a few days more so that takes up a few more weeks.



But from what I can gather you've started calculations from 11 March and are due on 16th december so your pregnancy is actually spread across 10 months because you were pregnant through March and will be pregnant through some of December.



I'm not sure if I can explain it very well so i hope I've helped a little bit.



Good luck with everything

Answer 4

I tried to explain this to my Mom before & it was tough!! There are actually 40 weeks of pregnancy, which 40 weeks is 10 months like you said. However you are only truly pregnant for 38 of those weeks, which would be 9 1/2 months (right in the middle of what you & your family members say!). The reason why it's so confusing is b/c they start counting your "weeks" pregnant from the start of your last period. You ovulated roughly two weeks after your last period & that is when conception occurred. At the moment of conception you were two weeks pregnant. The baby may not have been in there until conception, but you were already considered two weeks pregnant. The reason for this is b/c a lot of people don't know exactly when they conceived. So if you miss a period, even though the baby has only been in your body for 2 weeks (on the date of the missed period), you are actually considered 4 weeks pregnant. You are always 2 weeks more than the time the baby has been in there.

Answer 5

Most doctors don't consider you pregnant until you are about 4 weeks along already. So technically you are pregnant for 10 months but you (usually) don't find out until you have been pregnant for a whole month so the 9 months is from when you get the positive test.



I know it is confusing, I have a hard time explaining it as well. Just try going by weeks. You are pregnant for 40 weeks, so if you are now 32 then you still have 8 weeks to go.



Good Luck.

Answer 6

now a days doctors count from your last period. A pregnancy lasts 10 months- 9 of which you're actually aware of being pregnant. I plan to avoid confusion by saying I'm 7, then 8 months, then just saying I'm due in however many weeks. You are just now 8 months pregnant anyways. 32 divided by 4 is 8. 9 months is 36 weeks.

Answer 7

You'll drive yourself mad trying to work it out. To answer your question as simply as possible, yes you are only pregnant for 9 months, not 10, and yes it is 40 weeks, which technically is 9 months and one week. In one month, there's actually 4 weeks and 2-3 days, so each 3 months is actually 13 weeks, not 12. If you go by dates then it equals exact months, for example, my last period was 10-06-08 and I'm due 17-03-09, which is 9 months 1 week. I'm 20 weeks at the moment but am 4.5 months. It's a hard concept to work out but it's best to just go by average with the pregnancy with people and use the weekly terms with the doctor

Answer 8

You are actually pregnant for 10 months like 4 weeks is classed as 1 month



Dates and numbers:

There are 51 days until your due date on December 16, 2008.

You are 229 days pregnant.

You are 7.5 months pregnant.

You are in your 8th month of pregnancy.

Your 1st trimester: March 11, 2008 to June 10, 2008. (0 - 12 weeks)

Your 2nd trimester: June 11, 2008 to September 23, 2008. (13 - 27 weeks)

Your 3rd trimester: September 24, 2008 to December 16, 2008. (28 - 40 weeks

Answer 9

When you are 32 weeks, you are basically 8 months pregnant. Once you turn 36 weeks, you will be 9 months. A pregnancy can last through your 9th month up until 40 or 42 weeks.

Answer 10

If going by lunar months than yes you would be 9 months, but since we don't go by that.... every month is not an exact 4 weeks, some months have more than 4 weeks so its not even. I would stop trying to explain the whole months crap and just stick to weeks, its much easier and makes more sense. Trying to figure out how many months you are is just plain confusing to everyone.

Answer 11

well, I'm 32 weeks also and you're not 9months pregnant until you get to week 36, simple math. As of now you're entering your 8th month of pregnancy. a pregnancy usually is suppose to last 40weeks which would mean 10months. Hope that answered the question.

Answer 12

you can't go by months that way if you are going by calender months you are 7 months, you go by the 16th so every month on the sixteenth you are a month farther along. and even if you go by four week in a month, 32 divided by 4 is 8 months not nine.

Answer 13

because there isnt 4 weeks in a month, there is 4 weeks and about 2 days and therefore you are only 8 months x

Answer 14

30 days in a month, 7 days in a week~ A month is actually 4.3 weeks.



40 weeks of pregnancy divided by 4.3 weeks in a month~ 9.3 months (approx 9 months, 10 days).



I'm a week ahead of you, we're both 8 months not 9.

Answer 15

It's because the doc goes off your last period. So they add 2 weeks on to pregnancy. Your right, it's a screwed up confusing mess...but from the time you started your last period, to your due date...is in fact 9.5 months. Some months have 5 weeks...so it ='s 9.5 months total. (confusing, and stupid...but thats how it works).

Answer 16

Think its 10 months because they count the month you conceived, two weeks of which you weren't even pregnant!!! crazy or what :) just enjoy whatever you have left, best of wishes

Answer 17

you go through the full nine months. not just when it hits nine months that would only be eight months. so yes i guess you could say your pregnant 10 months.

Answer 18

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Answer 19

Yeah it's confusing. I just tell everyone how many weeks I am instead of trying to explain it. lol

Answer 20

your 8 months not nine.



its very confusing i know!!



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



here is a chart to help you out and pregnancy is actually about ten months long not nine

Answer 21

Actually your only 8 months...just starting your 8th month.

Answer 22

yes, it really is 10 months

Answer 23

you should just be starting your 8th month.