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> shouldn't the math on that work out to nine women? The average term being a round 40 weeks, a pregnancy “month” is 4 weeks by convention.
by makeset 4y ago
> shouldn't the math on that work out to nine women?
The average term being a round 40 weeks, a pregnancy “month” is 4 weeks by convention.
- danachow 4y ago> The average term being a round 40 weeks, a pregnancy “month” is 4 weeks by convention. This convention is news to me - though the confusion is not. Months are plain old calendar months in pregnancy (ie about 4.3 weeks). https://www.verywellfamily.com/how-many-months-pregnant-am-i-2760090 https://www.verywellfamily.com/how-many-months-pregnant-am-i... 40 weeks is by convention from estimated last menstrual period, which is of course about 2 weeks prior to fertilization - so the actual gestastional period is closer to 38 weeks (that is closer to 9 months than 10 months).