Really stupid question, but...

my2monkeyboys wrote: I am 26 weeks today. On some sites it says I'm 6 months, others say 6 1/2... so which is it??? I hate answering people in weeks, as most have no concept what that means (esp men!), so I'd really like to know how to count the months. I always thought that every 4 weeks is a month, but I've read that the first 2 weeks of pregnancy don't count in that respect.
Any help here?

5littleladies replied: I know what you mean. It's so dang confusing! If you go by 4 week months there are technically 10 months of pregnancy. I'm just going by weeks until next Tuesday (the 26th) and then I will start saying I'm 6 months.

lisar replied: 4 weeks equal a month. Techinally you carry for a full 9 months. so if you go over a week then you would be considered your 10th month. I could be wrong but thats how I always heard it to be.

5littleladies replied:
No, because many months have more than 4 weeks in them-for example this month is 4 weeks, 3 days. All those extra days add up. If you take 40 weeks of pregnancy and divide it by 4 weeks that's 10 months. I don't know about anyone else but I do not intend to be pregnant for 10 months!!

my2monkeyboys replied: LOL! I am with you!!!
I have also heard that you're technically pregnant for 10m bc you go by weeks, not the calendar. That's why I don't know how far along I am in months now... I thought 24wks would be 6 months, so that would make me 6 1/2 m in that way (which I am not afraid to say - at least I'd have a good reason for being so big now! )
I guess I'll just say I'm in my 6th month - that sounds safe, right?

my2monkeyboys replied: I just found this site that computes weeks to months based on your due date... not sure if I believe it or not though as it says I'm actually in my 7th month???
http://www.justmommies.com/get_pregnancyca...gnancy+calendar

What do you think of this??

ETA: Here's another site. It doesn't exactly give the months, but it does say that the 26th week is in the third trimester already?!?!

http://www.scribd.com/doc/12392/40-Weeks-of-Pregnancy

Here's one more that lists week 26 in the 7th month, too.
http://www.birthingnaturally.net/pregnant/mbm/mbm.html

5littleladies replied: It's all too ridiculous. Here is a link that says trimesters are measured in 13 week increments (13 weeks, 2.33 days to be exact) and that makes sense to me. http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/pregna...calculated.html

Going by that we will hit our 3rd trimester, um......Monday at approximately 4 in the afternoon. Lol!!

MommyToAshley replied: I always went by weeks until after the first trimester and then I went by the calendar months. I was probably not technically correct, but it was close enough for me.

Crystalina replied: My doc told me we are pg for 10 months. It helps if you know the first day of your last AF. I know that every Tuesday I'm another week.

ETA: Just round it up if you want. Say your 6.5 mos. If anyones keeping that close of tabs you you they need a life.

my2monkeyboys replied: It is crazy!! I haven't wanted to ask my dr though bc I thought he'd think I am an idiot - now I wouldn't feel so bad though - even most other people have conflicting thoughts on this!
I think it's crazy that we'll be in the 3rd trimester in just a few days!

Crystalina replied:
I know! If I could have gotten my big butt over my head I would have done a cartwheel when I hit the 3rd trimester.

my2monkeyboys replied: LMAO!!!