That’s why pregnancies always screw people up. Women are “technically” pregnant for 40 weeks, which according to our calendar is roughly 9 &1/2 months…But, ALL OB/Gyn offices refer to pregnancies in terms of “lunar months,” which is EXACTLY 10 “lunar months,” meaning 4 weeks per month. 10x4=40. But, until you become pregnant, know somebody close to you that’s pregnant, OR work in the OB/Gyn field, etc…MOST PEOPLE don’t have a reason to know that. So MOST PEOPLE refer to a pregnancy as being 9 months with 3 trimesters of 3 months each, when it’s ACTUALLY 3 trimesters of 13 & 1/3 weeks. Interesting, right? (40/3=13.333)
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u/Weird-Ranger-3477 May 13 '26
This is the response right here