Weeks vs. Months Please help?

Question

If I am 24 weeks pregnant am I six months pregnant?

My due date is December 3, 2007- I want to know how far I am in months because if I'm calculating correct my due date is off- I think or do doctors give a gap between time- If I have done the math right I'll be 9 months in November 14, 2007


Someone please help

Answer 1

You are 6 months pregnant. A pregnancy is calculated on lunar months. Each lunar month is 4 weeks exactly. You are pregnant for 40 weeks or 10 lunar months. I know this can be confusing but this is the way it has been recorded for a long time. Your due date is not off, calculate it by lunar months and you will see that Dec. 3 is 40 weeks.

Answer 2

well the weeks start from the day of your last period

so I m assuming you conceived around February...



Due Date 12/3/2007 Conception 3/12/2007

Pregnancy Test 3/26/2007 1st Heartbeat 4/9/2007

Quickening 7/2/2007 Viability 8/13/2007



Week 1 3/5/2007 Week 22 7/30/2007

Week 2 3/12/2007 Week 23 8/6/2007

Week 3 3/19/2007 Week 24 8/13/2007

Week 4 3/26/2007 Week 25 8/20/2007

Week 5 4/2/2007 Week 26 8/27/2007

Week 6 4/9/2007 Week 27 9/3/2007

Week 7 4/16/2007 Week 28 9/10/2007

Week 8 4/23/2007 Week 29 9/17/2007

Week 9 4/30/2007 Week 30 9/24/2007

Week 10 5/7/2007 Week 31 10/1/2007

Week 11 5/14/2007 Week 32 10/8/2007

Week 12 5/21/2007 Week 33 10/15/2007

Week 13 5/28/2007 Week 34 10/22/2007

Week 14 6/4/2007 Week 35 10/29/2007

Week 15 6/11/2007 Week 36 11/5/2007

Week 16 6/18/2007 Week 37 11/12/2007

Week 17 6/25/2007 Week 38 11/19/2007

Week 18 7/2/2007 Week 39 11/26/2007

Week 19 7/9/2007 Week 40 12/3/2007

Week 20 7/16/2007 Week 41 12/10/2007

Week 21 7/23/2007 Week 42 12/17/2007



so you are 24 weeks :~)

Answer 3

If you are confused, you're not alone. While most people talk about pregnancy being 9 months long (divided into three trimesters), most health care providers refer to a pregnancy as being 40 weeks long, starting with your last known menstrual period. You might like to know that this is also equal to 280 days, or 10 Lunar Months. Phew! The traditional way to calculate a due date is to add 9 months from the first day of the LNMP (last normal menstrual period) and then add seven days. For example: 1.Your LNMP was Feb 1 2.Add nine months, bringing you to November 1. 3.Add seven days, bringing you to your due date of November 8 4.Thus, your due date becomes November 8! Some people prefer to do it this way: 1. Your LNMP was Feb 1 2. Add 1 day 3. On your calendar, count forward 40 weeks to determine your due date. Making matters even worse, many women do not have typical 28-day cycles. Practitioners may adjust the EDD to reflect the shorter or longer cycle length. Remember, calculation of your due date is certainly not precise (after all, women get pregnant in all the months of the calendar, some of which have 28, 29, 30 and 31 days!). Also, all women do not have a 'typical' 28 day cycle! This is why your due date is usually referred to as your EDD or Estimated Due Date!

Answer 4

You are not technically pregnant for nine months. You are pregnant for 40 weeks but that is counting from the first day of your last period before you conceived. But if you counted 9 months to be November 14 and your due date is about 2 weeks later that is about right. You are pregnant for about 280 days or 40 weeks or a little more then 9 months on average.

Answer 5

Generally, doctors calculate your due date from the first day of your last period. This adds about two weeks to your baby's actual conception age. 40 weeks + your last period's first day is your due date.



Due dates can be off by as much as two weeks anyway, and are really more of a guideline. There are four weeks in a gestational month, but that's really only useful for doctors and their records. Calendar months are less mathematically accurate, but more useful for a mother and her family. :)



Remember also that most first time moms deliver their babies at 41.5 weeks... and only 5% of moms actually deliver ON their due date. My due date with my first was calculated to be November 6th... but I knew when I conceived, so I knew the true date was November 14. I gave birth on November 16, after an induction due to high blood pressure (but the medicine fell out, and I went into labor naturally.)

Answer 6

A pregnancy is 40 weeks. Which calculates out to be more like 91/2 -10 months since there aren't exaclty 4 weeks in each month. And when you calculate the 40 weeks you actually start from the date of your last period - likely 2 weeks before conception. Sounds strange but that is how they do it. If you calculate from conception it is only 38 weeks, but that is not how the doc will do it.

You are 24 weeks - don't try to caculate it in months - it is not exact.

Answer 7

Yes, you will be 6 months at that time. However, keep in mind there is a little gap, approximately 2 weeks. Your due date is calculated from the first day of your last missed period -- not from date of conception. So, when you miss your first period, technically, you have only been pregnant approx. 2 weeks, but according to pregnancy calendars, you would be 4 weeks. Make sense?

Answer 8

From all the books I've read they count the first month as 6 weeks then every month after that is 4 weeks long so if you are 24 weeks then you are 5 months and 2 weeks

Answer 9

A full term pregnancy is 38 - 40 weeks (not "9 months"). Typically conception occurs 2 weeks AFTER your last period - hence the 2 week difference between 38 and 40 weeks.



Number of "months" are typically used to tell your friends and family how far along you are since it is easier to comprehend.



Try this website...put in your info and it will give you a due date.

http://www.babycenter.com/pregnancy-calendar/getinfo?_requestid=149950

Answer 10

If there were exactly four weeks in a month you would be six months pregnant, and the total pregnancy would in fact be ten months. However because of the extra 2 or 3 days in each month you are just five and a half months. Its very confusing.

Answer 11

You are pregnant for 40 weeks. The whole 9 month thing is a misnomer. You are actually going to be pregnant for almost 10 months.

Answer 12

When I was PG - literally EVERYONE gave me a different due date.... even the doctor's nurse said a different date from the Doc himself!!!



Since you dont know the EXACT moment of conception - a 2 week window is a good rule of thumb to live by. If you want to tell people an 'official' due date... use the Nov 14th figure you calculated yourself. :)

Answer 13

My due date is actually the same as yours, me and my bf were arguing about this very thing this morning. All these answers are right, pregnancy is 10 months and that makes it easier to understand. personally Im calling it 6 months becuase it makes me feel better LOL! I wish everyone would stop trying to take away my weeks :) Good Luck!

Answer 14

your better to count by weeks. not every month has just 4 weeks. months are 30-31 days with 1 exception. not 28 days. so you have to take that into account when you try counting month vs. weeks. weeks are more accurate. there is no set day/ time that you will have your baby. and if it was calculated 4 weeks per month, 9 months * 4 weeks is 36 weeks. youve lost 4 weeks in there, a whole month....

Answer 15

Pregnancy is actually 10 months (40 weeks).



24 weeks/4 weeks in a month = 6 months pregnant.

Answer 16

Pregnancy is actually closer to 9.5 months than 9 months. Pregnancy is measured as 40 wks not actually exactly 9 months so your doctor would be correct.

Answer 17

It seems like they always add more time on for some reason. They go by measurements, your possible conception date (it seems like they never take your word for it), etc.



If you are 24 weeks prego, then you are 6 mo. prego. So if today is August 13, you have three more months to go - so Nov. 14th.



Everything I read during my pregnancy last summer said you are prego for like 10 mo. or some darn thing like that... I had my baby on Sept 7th and conceived on Dec 25th - she was a little early - so go figure..



I say you are right!

Answer 18

u r right. u will be 9 months pregnant in november.

Answer 19

At 24 weeks, you are 5.5 months pregnant (you are in your 6th month, but not quite 6 whole months yet).

Answer 20

you are correct but you are only starting your 9th month in novermber. You are pregnant 40 weeks which is a full 9 months

Answer 21

http://www.fortunebaby.com/due-date-calculator.html



This due date calculator answered many of my questions. Good luck =)

Answer 22

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