Some things I have observed and learned since being pregnant:
Measuring how far along you are in your pregnancy is similar to measuring a child's age. When you ask a child how old they are, the response is often 5 and a half. Or 3 and a half. If you say "Oh really? You're THREE?!??" They'll say "NO! Three AND A HALF!" That half part is very important to them.
Well excuse me, I am not 18 weeks pregnant, I am 18 and A HALF weeks pregnant. That half week makes a huge difference to me and my baby's development so you better accept and acknowledge that for yourself as well.
Along those same lines. Measuring how far along you are in pregnancy makes absolutely no sense. Everyone knows that women are pregnant for 9 months. Or 40 weeks. Unfortunately our calendar is not based on women's cycles, so one month does not exactly equal 4 weeks. So usually I would think oh, I'm 8 weeks so I must be 2 months. But could 2 months not come around until 9 weeks? If you multiply 9 months to 4 weeks, you only get 36 weeks. There's an extra 4 weeks you have to make up for in there to get to 40! So where exactly does the first trimester turn into the second, the 3rd month into the fourth, and so on? It can't be at 12 weeks, because if you did it every 12 weeks you wouldn't get to 40.
To add on top of all that....The first two weeks of your "pregnancy" that are counted.....you're not even pregnant!! The first two weeks are preconception! By the time you are "Four weeks pregnant," You really have only been pregnant for TWO! What?!
Sure, I get that they count from the date of your last menstrual cycle, but it's weird. Also, though most women ovulate right in the middle of their cycles, not ALL women do. So if you haven't been tracking it and such, and you get pregnant, TECHNICALLY, you could have gotten pregnant at any point between your last period and your next one due. So if you got pregnant the first week after your period, then at 4 weeks you would actually be 4 weeks pregnant. Since there's only 38 weeks of actual baby in your belly time (instead of 40), then wouldn't that push your due date 2 weeks early? On the flip side, if you get pregnant during the 3rd or 4th week of your cycle, then that would push your due date back two weeks. But to the doctor, it wouldn't. It would still be counted from 40 weeks of your last menstrual cycle.
So my due date is August 27th. But what that REALLY means is my due date is August 27th, plus or minus 2 weeks.
Measuring how far along you are in your pregnancy is similar to measuring a child's age. When you ask a child how old they are, the response is often 5 and a half. Or 3 and a half. If you say "Oh really? You're THREE?!??" They'll say "NO! Three AND A HALF!" That half part is very important to them.
Well excuse me, I am not 18 weeks pregnant, I am 18 and A HALF weeks pregnant. That half week makes a huge difference to me and my baby's development so you better accept and acknowledge that for yourself as well.
Along those same lines. Measuring how far along you are in pregnancy makes absolutely no sense. Everyone knows that women are pregnant for 9 months. Or 40 weeks. Unfortunately our calendar is not based on women's cycles, so one month does not exactly equal 4 weeks. So usually I would think oh, I'm 8 weeks so I must be 2 months. But could 2 months not come around until 9 weeks? If you multiply 9 months to 4 weeks, you only get 36 weeks. There's an extra 4 weeks you have to make up for in there to get to 40! So where exactly does the first trimester turn into the second, the 3rd month into the fourth, and so on? It can't be at 12 weeks, because if you did it every 12 weeks you wouldn't get to 40.
To add on top of all that....The first two weeks of your "pregnancy" that are counted.....you're not even pregnant!! The first two weeks are preconception! By the time you are "Four weeks pregnant," You really have only been pregnant for TWO! What?!
Sure, I get that they count from the date of your last menstrual cycle, but it's weird. Also, though most women ovulate right in the middle of their cycles, not ALL women do. So if you haven't been tracking it and such, and you get pregnant, TECHNICALLY, you could have gotten pregnant at any point between your last period and your next one due. So if you got pregnant the first week after your period, then at 4 weeks you would actually be 4 weeks pregnant. Since there's only 38 weeks of actual baby in your belly time (instead of 40), then wouldn't that push your due date 2 weeks early? On the flip side, if you get pregnant during the 3rd or 4th week of your cycle, then that would push your due date back two weeks. But to the doctor, it wouldn't. It would still be counted from 40 weeks of your last menstrual cycle.
So my due date is August 27th. But what that REALLY means is my due date is August 27th, plus or minus 2 weeks.
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