I've lost half my brain power now that I'm more pregnant than I was months ago (even that statement seems rather retarded). And I still can't figure out any other method of counting my pregnancy progress other than the good old fashion weeks method. Now I know why people do it that way and especially when they have kids.
This occurred yesterday:
Lady: Oh, Janine, I heard from what's her name (my boss, yet she couldn't remember her name - for real) that you're pregnant. How many more months do you have?
Me, looking perplexed because if I can't even figure out how many months I really I'm, how am I supposed to figure out how many months I have left?
Lady: Well, how far along are you? (After realizing I'm too stupid to figure it out.)
Me: 3.5 months.
Lady: Oh! just the first trimester.
Me, being slightly offended that she put it that way, like the first trimester means nothing yet it means everything! And then I thought, but I'm in my second trimester! What's wrong with this woman?: You mean second trimester.
Lady: No, first...oh, well, 15 days or so, I guess.
Me: Don't downplay my progress.
Lady: Laughs and then quickly walks away.
So later on I was thinking about it, feeling indignant about how people just brush off things that are important to me, and I thought, wait, am I in my second trimester? So I did the math, which came out right, and so I thought I better do it again, so I did. Turns out I am in my first trimester and have yet again made an ass out of myself because I can't do math or figure out other ways of counting my progress other than simple weeks.
Friday, August 25, 2006
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You are in your 2nd trimester.
Doesn't the 2nd start at the 4th months? Which, by my calculations, and take them for what they're worth, is 16 weeks?
13 - 14 weeks is the end of the 1st trimester. Some people say 14 weeks and some 13 weeks. I always went with 12 weeks. Technically, the 1st trimester ends at 13.3 weeks.
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