Tuesday, November 30, 2010

How many months am I?

I know I am IN my 5th month, but when someone asks how far along I am, do I say 5 months or 4? I'm confuzzled. Most people are content with a week marker (almost 20 weeks), but it seems like older people and guys do not compute.
What do you guys think?
U/s is on Thursday. I'm excited to find out the gender, but I think I am more excited just to see our little Nugget on the screen moving around and getting so big. We haven't seen him/her since 9 weeks!

6 comments:

Schroedinger said...

It's maddening, isn't it? I used this as a cheat http://www.baby2see.com/pregnancylength.html, which would put you at 5 months... but ultimately I gave up and basically said, "I am x weeks," or something like that, because it also feels like there is a world of difference between the third & fourth month or fourth & fifth, especially when you are tracking every tremor of change. For those for whom it does not compute, those nuances are probably lost anyway, though.

Ali said...

4 months and once you have completed 20 weeks then 5 months

been quietly following. so happy for y'all :)

N said...

I usually just used weeks. And then I'd smile and laugh and say "ah, pregnancy math" or something like that. It's so frustrating.

I can't wait until Thursday!

Erin said...

I never know what to say either, so I usually go with the weeks too. But recently I've had people look confused I'm trying out the month thing. I'm 21 weeks so I say I'm finishing my 5th month!

Elana Kahn said...

If you're less than 20 weeks, I would say 4 1/2 months or almost 5 months. Once you hit 20 weeks then you can say 5 months. This is why you don't start saying you're 9 months pregnant until you actually hit 36 weeks. (At that point you're in your 10th month, but have you ever heard someone say they were 10 months pregnant?)

April M. said...

I know this don't have anything to do with this blog post, but I'm so excited for your u/s tomorrow!! I will be stalking your blog to hear what's the outcome!!! =))).. (fingers crossed that it's a girl) =)))