How many weeks am i?

Question

I'm almost 28 weeks pregnant so wouldn't that mean i'm 6 months and a week pregnant. I read online that i'm technically 7 months pregnant and that at my due date i'll be 10 months pregnant. It doesn't make sense but i don't know for sure!

Answer 1

The Dr's prefer only going by weeks because that is more important.  37 weeks is considered full-term but you can go up to 42 weeks sometimes.  The way the Dr told me was to go by weeks but that if I must go by months (sometimes they ask "what month are you in" for things) then to go by....

4 weeks= 1 month, 8 weeks= 2 months, 12 weeks=3 months, 16 weeks= 4 months, 20 weeks = 5 months, 24 weeks= 6 months, 28 weeks= 7 months, 32 weeks = 8 months, 36 weeks= 9 months and 40 weeks= 10 months.  

Answer 2

28 wks is 7 months pregnant they calculate the date so that you carry the baby to the end of 9 months which makes it 10 months it's stupid but thats the way it is  

Answer 3

not every month has four weeks in them so if you open a calender and count your weeks it does add up to 10 months. it technically is 9 full months which equals the 40weeks. it is confusing though

Answer 4

your pregnancy weeks start on the first day of your last period.  Pregnancies last 40 weeks.  So if you are going by 4 week months, that is really 10 months.  We say nine months because some months have more than 4 weeks. Id you are 6 months and a week pregnant, you are in your 7th month.

Answer 5

im 16 weeks now and im due febuary 10th

           danna

Answer 6

a great website is i-am-pregnant.com

Answer 7

It's only been in the last couple of decades that home preg tests have come around, letting women know that they're preg by 4 or 5 weeks - before that, most women didn't usually know until they were at least 8 weeks. People back then didn't understand the gestational period the way we do now. Women are actually preg for closer to 10 months than 9, but we still refer to it as 9 months b/c of the old perception.

Answer 8

7 months

Answer 9

that sounds right to me