Monday, March 08, 2010

20 Weeks and Counting

*This post was inspired by my friend Kelly who is due only 1 day after me!

I'm officially half-way through this pregnancy (perhaps more if this little guy comes early), 
and I have a question...

Why do they say pregnancy is 9 months? 
40 weeks = 10 MONTHS! 
If they didn't "count" the first month then I understand, but they DO count the first month. 
Silly people.  

20 Weeks and 10 lbs gain
I am definitely starting to feel pregnant
No hiding anymore!

Bring on the next 5 WHOLE MONTHS!

6 comments:

  1. And technically pregnancy is only 38 weeks, but they count the two weeks before you are actually pregnant (approximately) to make it 40 weeks.

    I hate the whole week to month conversion. But the funny thing is, before I was pregnant if someone told me how many weeks they are I would have had no clue where they really were. I would expect them to tell me in months.

    You can go by lunar months (28 days or 4 weeks), but that means by the end you will have 10 months. What I am doing is counting backwards 9 months and going by calendar months. So, my due date is July 8th, and it is March 8th, so I am 5 months today. Yahoo!

    I guess no matter how you count it, we will be pregnant for the same amount of time. It just depends on what sounds best ;)

    Congrats on making it half way!

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  2. I know! Some MAN made up the whole 9 month thing. For heavens sake! Give credit where credit is due. I had the same issue... obviously :)

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  3. wow you look great! I can't believe that belly! flaunt it girly!!! Love you!

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  4. OH MY GOODNESS you are SO CUTE!! I miss my belly and being able to eat whatever I want without looking fat!!

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  5. Your baby bump is absolutely adorable!!

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  6. You are so cute! Congrats on the baby! I'm so excited that I found your blog too!

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