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1372516 tn?1297265962

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Ok i am confused can someone help me? I am 22 weeks pregnant. Counting the months by 4 weeks in a month i am calculating i shold be 6 months but everyone is saying i am only 5. Someone please help!
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1372516 tn?1297265962
Thanks everyone!! You were very helpful.
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1466382 tn?1293077358
5x4=20 6x4=24  assuming you are using 4 weeks for a month. You are between 5 months and 6 months at 22 weeks. You can't be 6 months until you actually reach the "sixth" month which is 24 weeks. It's like people who say they are a year older two weeks before their actual birthdate. It is better to just say how many weeks you are. Then you don't have to do any of the math which is a hassle when there are five weeks in a month too. Like this month!
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1027304 tn?1333973406
Okay, I just looked it up on babiesonline.com      It states that women generalize their months into 4 weeks, but the "exact" calculation is 4.33 weeks equals 1 month
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377493 tn?1356502149
I gave up trying to figure out how many months I was..lol.  I just told people how many weeks and left it at that.  But I think the others are right in their info!
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1027094 tn?1327429732
You'd be 5 in a half months
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1027304 tn?1333973406
A month in pregnancy is considered 4.5 weeks.    You need to divide your 22 by 4.5 and it comes out to 5 months.   this is what my ob told me when I asked her.    Seemed to me like the numbers of weeks never worked out either, but that's how it was explained to me.

Hope this helps.    20 weeks is halfway so that would be 4.5 months, so yep at 22 weeks, you work out to 5 months.
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1328636 tn?1389367392
February is the only month with exactly 4 weeks, so it's not accurate to count your pregnancy months that way (and even if you were erroneously counting 4 weeks as a month, you wouldn't be considered 6 months until you were 24 weeks).  I'm 25 weeks and won't be 6 months until early November since I am due February 9.
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