City Girl
05-15-2003, 01:49 PM
OK, I know I can't be the only one who feels this way, but I have to get it off my chest. I'm currently almost 37 weeks pregnant, due early June 2003, and one of my biggest peeves is turning out to be people who think that pregnancy is 10 months long!
It may feel that way sometimes, but depending whether you count from LMP or from Ovulation, pregnancy truly is only 9 months long, give or take 1 week.
The people who think it's 10 months seem to be reasoning that pregnancy is an estimated 40 weeks (true), and that there are 4 weeks to a month (false - except February), so therefore 40 divided by 4 is 10 months, which would be true if most months didn't have 30 or 31 days, which is more than 4 weeks. Ugh!
Anyway, I don't know why this bugs me so much, and I mean no offense to anyone who likes to think of pregnancy as 10 months, but thanks for letting me vent. :)
It may feel that way sometimes, but depending whether you count from LMP or from Ovulation, pregnancy truly is only 9 months long, give or take 1 week.
The people who think it's 10 months seem to be reasoning that pregnancy is an estimated 40 weeks (true), and that there are 4 weeks to a month (false - except February), so therefore 40 divided by 4 is 10 months, which would be true if most months didn't have 30 or 31 days, which is more than 4 weeks. Ugh!
Anyway, I don't know why this bugs me so much, and I mean no offense to anyone who likes to think of pregnancy as 10 months, but thanks for letting me vent. :)