https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:23:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2061922 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 06:53:09 +0000 turquoisemama 2061922@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked in customer service, so people asked me this CONSTANTLY. Like I would answer this question at least 10 times a day. I would always round up to the closest month if they seemed like they might not know about weeks of pregnancy. 20 would be 5 months. If I ever said the real number they would inevitably say how big I was. Not something I wanted to hear all the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2061783 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 21:59:33 +0000 MrsKMM 2061783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've wondered the same thing, @LindsayInNY! I've been using weeks lol and since I'm 20w5d, I've just been saying halfway when people look confused by weeks! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2061545 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 18:18:29 +0000 Reese 2061545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>20 weeks this week! Wow.. it sounds so far along when you think of it as 5 months :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2061542 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 18:16:41 +0000 MrsMccarthy 2061542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: I know they should. Maybe there is one out there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2061539 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 18:12:06 +0000 BSB 2061539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsMccarthy: Oh, I like that. Wish they made an app with all that info. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2061511 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 17:51:04 +0000 MrsMccarthy 2061511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is an amazingly handy tool if you are like me and don't want to think: <a href="http://www.babymed.com/tools/pregnancy-countdown-calculator" rel="nofollow">http://www.babymed.com/tools/pregnancy-countdown-calculator</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2061508 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 17:50:06 +0000 MrsMccarthy 2061508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>20 weeks is halfway through 40 weeks but if you are 5 months now then you would be 10 months at birth and 9 months at 36 weeks. Since most people think in terms of 9 months I would say 4.5 months and then at 22 I would say 5 months. It makes more sense with EDD. Not that it really matters but if someone told me they were 5 months pregnant I would think baby baby was due June 9th. You can also go by the day of starting the month though it will vary since some months are longer </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2061488 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 17:42:45 +0000 Ash 2061488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never tell people in months. I always use weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2061458 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 17:26:22 +0000 LindsayInNY 2061458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: I think I saw anywhere from 12-14 weeks? Your NT scan will be around then so I think a lot of people wait for that and then announce? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2061451 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 17:23:27 +0000 Charm54 2061451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say "6w" - a lovely mix of food aversions, nausea and exhaustion!</p> <p>After I hit 20 weeks I usually count in months </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2061447 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 17:20:11 +0000 dc yoga bee 2061447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: this is what I've been using. 23 weeks and I say 6 months when people ask. Just easier that way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2061429 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 17:00:07 +0000 Anya 2061429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: 14 but ask your RE for a specific week/day! Even among drs some measure it differently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2061423 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 16:55:47 +0000 BSB 2061423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: Noooooooo! Don't tell me I have to wait longer! :wink: Haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2061422 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 16:54:47 +0000 autumnlove 2061422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: I think 14 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2061420 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 16:53:18 +0000 BSB 2061420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4w4d.... What I get confused is when does everyone consider the end of the first trimester? Technically (40 weeks divided by 3 is 13.3 weeks). Or do people just round down to 13 weeks or down further to 12 weeks? I want to know when I can stop taking my progesterone shots! My RE said I can stop at the end of my first trimester. Ok...</p> <p>Also, I want to know when I can announce it to everyone IRL! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2061415 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 16:49:07 +0000 LindsayInNY 2061415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: Ooh I like that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2061098 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 14:21:44 +0000 cascademom 2061098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 24 weeks today. I would tell someone I'm 6 months along. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2061083 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 14:15:57 +0000 youboots 2061083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/267753140321559213/" rel="nofollow">http://pinterest.com/pin/267753140321559213/</a></p> <p>This handy chart on Pintrest may not be perfectly accurate but it's what I've been using. </p> [attach=5281/15/njiqul.338x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2061045 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 14:05:03 +0000 Anagram 2061045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Tidybee: I'm totally too embarassed to say 13 weeks, since I am pretty much the same size I was at 20 weeks with LO #1. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2061034 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 14:03:10 +0000 autumnlove 2061034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>11 weeks/almost 3 months for people who are confused. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2061031 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 14:02:28 +0000 LuLu Mom 2061031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say months unless talking to another mom or in the doctor's office. I'm 34 weeks so I say I'm 8 1/2 months pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2061020 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 13:59:19 +0000 blackbird 2061020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I round it out to a month for people (ie 27 weeks=7 months for me right now). non pregnant people are like, weeks, wut? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2060982 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 13:44:50 +0000 mrsjyw 2060982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>16 weeks, so I'm saying four months to non-mom people who ask :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2060980 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 13:44:36 +0000 LindsayInNY 2060980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBrewer: I was confused because if I keep at it with months, eventually I'll be answering "10 months" lol. But if I round down then I just look big. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2060963 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 13:40:16 +0000 Tidybee 2060963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: ha! I did the same. I'm 18 weeks but someone asked me and I said just about half way! Which is kinda the truth...but I am def big enough to pass for further along! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2060945 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 13:35:06 +0000 Anagram 2060945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm gigantic already so if I stranger asks, I round up, haha.</p> <p>I'm only 13 weeks and someone asked and I said 4 months! Ummm.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2060923 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 13:29:56 +0000 dolphin 2060923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it's another mom I say weeks. If not I say months and just round it out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2060921 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 13:29:25 +0000 Torchwood 2060921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always get so confused. I try to look it up periodically. I'm 14 weeks now, which is apparently 4 months. (When did that happen?!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2060918 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 13:29:08 +0000 MrsBrewer 2060918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: I can't tell you how many blank stares that I get when I answer that question in weeks!! It kind of makes me laugh!! So now I just answer in months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-are-you-2#post-2060914 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 13:28:10 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 2060914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually say weeks, then sort of translate to months if the person who asked looks confused. At this point, I'm 37 weeks and 5 days, so if someone asks, I say I have two weeks left until my due date! </p>