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Why is it that they say pregnancy is 9 months while in actual fact 40 weeks = 10 months?
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Because your technically pregnant for 36 weeks but since there's no for sure way to tell at exactly what time you conceived from your last period to a couple of weeks after your last missed period, they add an extra four weeks
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Some months have more than 4 weeks in them
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Tjis is how i see it each month has 30 to 31 days so technically each monthis more than 4 weeks but to be honest i dont gwt it eithee lol i just round my months and say my weeks when some one asks
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Thats in fact a wonderful question, maybe because at 9 months the baby is fully developed and is just in your stomach for the rest of the time just because....I've no clue
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