https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:37:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/months-vs-weeks-pregnant#post-202668 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:06:01 +0000 MrsMccarthy 202668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>well there are 40 weeks in a pregnancy. If you do the math it seems a bit off because we all think of 4 weeks in a month but really that is only true of February. Every month aside from it is 30-31 days. It can be very tricky. I am 30 weeks pregnant and consider myself 7 months pregnant but ofcourse by this logic i would be only 8 months pregnant by week 40. I guess the only way to truly be accurate would be to count from the due date. IE: if you are due on September 2nd like me then the 2nd of every month you are one less month away. So by July 2nd I will be "officially" 7 months pregnant, then 8 months by August 2nd and then 9 months by his due date. you lose and gain days here and there but it's the only way it can be truly accurate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/months-vs-weeks-pregnant#post-202535 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:50:05 +0000 SleepyMonkey 202535@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This has completely confused me too. Because if i count from my LMP, i'm 5 months. but counting back from my due date, i have 4 months and 1 week left, which means i'm not quite at 5 months. If you do the weeks divided by 4, i think it overstates how far along you are. i'm 21 weeks, but not 5 months and 1 week. it's all very confusing. </p> <p>BUT, most people that ask you don't care. So round to the nearest month. 5 months it is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/months-vs-weeks-pregnant#post-202531 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:43:08 +0000 sorrycharlie 202531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@joyjoy: lol! I think because you're due at the beginning of the month, right? I'm all the way at the end..boo! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/months-vs-weeks-pregnant#post-202527 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:41:37 +0000 sorrycharlie 202527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cyneswith: that's a good way of phrasing what i said in an easier manner, lol! counting backwards is the same as counting from your LMP..because some months are 4 weeks, while others are 5. so it's not really 10 months..thank god! :P i'm totally gonna steal that explanation from him (counting backwards). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/months-vs-weeks-pregnant#post-202508 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:18:27 +0000 cyneswith 202508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH says you should count backwards - as in 8 months is one month from your due date. So I'd be a week shy of 4 months now. I understand now why pregnant women count by week! In that case, I definitely count by weeks completed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/months-vs-weeks-pregnant#post-202499 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:10:53 +0000 HabesBabe 202499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I count in the 40-week way if I'm talking to a recent mom or someone who is pregnant. I give months when I'm talking to guys or girls who have never been pregnant, and I skip the first two weeks.</p> <p>Examples:</p> <p>to my BFF: "I'm 38 weeks today!"<br /> to my hubs' BFF: "I'm abut 9 months pregnant." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/months-vs-weeks-pregnant#post-202495 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:04:49 +0000 mrskc 202495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tell people in months now. And do it like Running Elley. 4 weeks = 1 month. so at 20 weeks I said I was 5 months. At 22 weeks I tell people 5.5 months. When I get close to 24 weeks, I'll tell people almost 6 months. Hope that makes sense! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/months-vs-weeks-pregnant#post-202465 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:31:00 +0000 joyjoy 202465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I count myself in weeks, but I tell people how far along I am in months since most don't understand the weeks. When I do months, I count calendar months, though, not 4 weeks=1 month. </p> <p>@sorrycharlie: Funny, we both count the same way and are both due in Sept, but in months I'm 7 months tomorrow! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/months-vs-weeks-pregnant#post-202326 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:02:55 +0000 wheres_c 202326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I started telling people about the PG and they asked how far along I was, I got blank stares when I responded in weeks.<br /> I've started telling in months now. I'm 16 weeks, so I just say "4 months" like @Jholler25.<br /> People seem to get that :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/months-vs-weeks-pregnant#post-202304 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:50:03 +0000 DillonLion 202304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jholler25: I usually tell all non-pregnant people/moms my pregnancy duration in months, not weeks. If I'm in between, I just say "almost 5 months" for example. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/months-vs-weeks-pregnant#post-202293 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:44:48 +0000 Shutterbug 202293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jholler25: hahaha so cute </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/months-vs-weeks-pregnant#post-202275 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:34:19 +0000 PrincessBaby 202275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I noticed that a lot of people have trouble with weeks, so I started saying 4 months when I hit 16weeks. My husband actually had a really hard time remembering how many weeks and he would get flustered when asked, and usually ended up spitting out, "She's in her second mester." </p> <p>Yeah, totally not a real word. So he likes the month thing WAY better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/months-vs-weeks-pregnant#post-202262 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:20:14 +0000 DillonLion 202262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: Same here. I'm in my 19th week right now, but if anyone asks, I have completed 18 weeks of pregnancy, so I am 18 weeks pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/months-vs-weeks-pregnant#post-202247 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:14:10 +0000 sorrycharlie 202247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I count like birthdays. I have completed 27 weeks today, so I'm 27 weeks pregnant. I'm IN my 28th week, but not 28 weeks yet. </p> <p>As far as months, my first date of LMP was Dec 20 - so on Jan 20 I was one month, February 20 two months, and so on. I just reached 6 months a few days ago :)</p> <p>ETA - my reasoning for the months is because some months have more than, or less than, a set amount of weeks. come September 20/25, I'll be 9 months! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/months-vs-weeks-pregnant#post-202227 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:04:55 +0000 Running Elley 202227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only do it in weeks but if I have to calculate it to months I calculate by the number of weeks. 4 weeks=1 month. So, for example, I'd say that I'm 24 weeks or 6 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/months-vs-weeks-pregnant#post-202211 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:53:14 +0000 LuLu Mom 202211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get confused when someone ask me how many months too, I usually just go back "normal" months though. So I'm almost 7 months along due in October (and it ends up being 10 months in real time.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/months-vs-weeks-pregnant#post-202208 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:50:51 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 202208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In the NICU world we count in weeks, so in months I'm kinda clueless, but in weeks I can tell you exactly what your baby is doing and how they are developing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/months-vs-weeks-pregnant#post-202205 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:49:41 +0000 cyneswith 202205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Before I started researching pregnancy pre-TTC, I had no concept of how far along someone was if they said it in weeks. I REALLY had no concept that when someone said "I'm nine months pregnant" they might still have a month til their due date. </p> <p>For instance, I am exactly 4 calendar months from my LMP, or 17 weeks and 2 days. Yet if I go by some weeks-to-months calculators, I'll be at 5 months on Sunday. If I go by another, I'll be 4 months on Sunday. </p> <p>Which method is normal? Counting months completed (like you would a birthday) or counting the month you are going through (like centuries)? </p>