The weeks of pregnancy, how to understand them?

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There are women who when they are pregnant get a bit confused between the months and the weeks in which their gestation period is. It seems more complicated than it really is but once you understand the equivalence between the months of pregnancy and the weeks in your gestation period, It will be much easier to understand where you are right now.

Pregnancy is counted in weeks and lasts approximately 40 weeks, although in reality pregnancy It doesn't last exactly nine months, so people are often quite confused. The actual and approximate duration of pregnancy is 280 days of gestation (which is ten lunar months) or 38 weeks from the moment of fertilization of the ovum and 40 weeks from the last date of menstruation.

If you start counting from the last period you had, week 1 of pregnancy would be the week you had your period and if with a regular cycle of 28 days, fertilization occurs in week 3. In week 4 it would be the implantation (which is the lack of the rule) and you will have the implantation bleeding. These four weeks would be the first month of pregnancy. Between weeks 5 and 6 is when you begin to suspect that you may be pregnant.

If you want to better understand the months you are pregnant according to the week you are in:

  • 1st month pregnancy: from 1 week to 4
  • 2nd month of pregnancy: from 5 to 8 weeks
  • 3st month pregnancy: from 9 week to 13
  • 4nd month of pregnancy: from 14 to 17 weeks
  • 5nd month of pregnancy: from 18 to 22 weeks
  • 6nd month of pregnancy: from 23 to 27 weeks
  • 7nd month of pregnancy: from 28 to 31 weeks
  • 8nd month of pregnancy: from 32 to 35 weeks
  • 9th month of pregnancy from week 36 to 40

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  1.   Gynecologist Vigo said

    Very interesting. Gynecologists always monitor the pregnancy from the number of weeks. In addition, there are specific tests performed in each trimester of pregnancy.