16mumtobe

ever since ive been preg he has been arguing about how midwives work out how many months i am. am i right in saying at 20 weeks i would be 5 months?? cos he is saying that i will be only just 4 months. but i thought i was 4 months at 16 weeks. and when i was 12 weeks he said i wasnt 3 months, 3 months is 14 weeks. he is counfusing me so much. cos i thought i was nearly 5 months. its really upsetting me and i dont know why, i feel really silly.. and he seems to be enjoying winding me up. can any one help me and stop the confusion.
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~ Vicky ~

Welll techincally he's right, because there aren't 4 weeks in a month.. there's 4.2/3 (30/31 days) weeks in a month, so he'll be working it out that way.

16mumtobe

thanks hun i see where he is coming from now.
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Laura1984

I have never gone by months at all because you pregnant for about 9 months and a week and a half or something like that and if u go over you can be pregnant for nearly 10months.
I've always gone on weeks it makes it go quicker too i think. i know every saturday I'm a week closer to meeting my Baby!!
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Mervs Mum

As the girls have said, there are no months with 28 days in them ie. 4 weeks. If that were that case 40 weeks would be 10 months.....

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Mervs Mum

Another easy way to think of it in calender months is to do this.

I'm due 13th October - I'll be 9 months then ye? So on 13th Sept I'm 8 months, 13th August 7 months and so on....

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16mumtobe

thanks hun you've mae it so much clearer now. i was getting really frustrated with my self cos i couldnt understand it. but you've made it clear. you should be a teacher lol
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cuddles314

That's a really good way of working it out, thanks hun.
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PeanutBean

20 weeks is an easy one - pregnancy is 40 weeks and 9 months, so you're half way - 4.5 months! You're both right! haha

Chel

love it!