How do you answer this question? I'm 20 weeks. Does that mean I'm 5 months? How do I answer this?? (questions that come to you while you're sitting in an airport!)
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It depends on who is asking me. If I know the person likely won't know that a pregnancy is 40 weeks I try my best to tell them months. I'll be 30 weeks on Thursday so I'd just say about 7 months when asked
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Same here. If it's another mom, I'll sometimes say weeks but more often I just say "I'm due in May."
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I usually told people in months when I was pregnant with LO. So 20 weeks, I'd say I was halfway there or 5 months.
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Depends on the person- if it's someone I assume knows how many weeks a pregnancy is I'll say the week, or just round to the month. For you I'd say 5 months until march and then start saying 6 months. It's not exact but who's counting!
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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!
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@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.
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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?!)
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If it's another mom I say weeks. If not I say months and just round it out.
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I'm gigantic already so if I stranger asks, I round up, haha.
I'm only 13 weeks and someone asked and I said 4 months! Ummm....
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@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!
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@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.
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16 weeks, so I'm saying four months to non-mom people who ask
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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?
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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.
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11 weeks/almost 3 months for people who are confused.
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@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.
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http://pinterest.com/pin/267753140321559213/
This handy chart on Pintrest may not be perfectly accurate but it's what I've been using.
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I'm 24 weeks today. I would tell someone I'm 6 months along.
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@youboots: Ooh I like that!
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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...
Also, I want to know when I can announce it to everyone IRL!
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@bluestriped bee: I think 14 weeks.
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@autumnlove: Noooooooo! Don't tell me I have to wait longer!
Haha
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@bluestriped bee: 14 but ask your RE for a specific week/day! Even among drs some measure it differently.
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@youboots: this is what I've been using. 23 weeks and I say 6 months when people ask. Just easier that way!
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I say "6w" - a lovely mix of food aversions, nausea and exhaustion!
After I hit 20 weeks I usually count in months
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@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?
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I never tell people in months. I always use weeks.
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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
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This is an amazingly handy tool if you are like me and don't want to think: http://www.babymed.com/tools/pregnancy-countdown-calculator
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@MrsMccarthy: Oh, I like that. Wish they made an app with all that info.
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@bluestriped bee: I know they should. Maybe there is one out there.
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20 weeks this week! Wow.. it sounds so far along when you think of it as 5 months
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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!
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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.
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