A rant on pregnancy progress counting
I get peeved about the week-based pregnancy counting system. Here's how it works:
First, they start counting at the time of your last period. So by the time you actually conceive, you're already 14 days pregnant. I suppose since you can't really tell exactly when you conceive, this is OK by me.
Second, they count by the week you are IN, not the weeks you've PASSED like a sane person would. So by the time you actually conceive, you're IN week 3 because you've passed week 2. My 27th birthday is coming up soon. I COULD tell everyone "I'm in my 27th year now. By the time my birthday rolls along, I'll be in my 28th year"... but then I'd get funny looks. You COULD say a newborn baby is "in it's first year"... but everyone you told that to would want to strangle you.
But what really gets to me is that instead of saying "I'm in week 3 of my pregnancy", you'd say "I'm 3 weeks pregnant". That's ridiculous. So basically they've taken the "milestone-based" system that we all know and love, and messed with it for no good reason. It would be like saying "I'm 1 century old". Or saying "I've been on vacation for a month" the second you step out of the plane to Hawaii.
Am I right or what? We need a grassroots movement to rid the world of this insanity.
First, they start counting at the time of your last period. So by the time you actually conceive, you're already 14 days pregnant. I suppose since you can't really tell exactly when you conceive, this is OK by me.
Second, they count by the week you are IN, not the weeks you've PASSED like a sane person would. So by the time you actually conceive, you're IN week 3 because you've passed week 2. My 27th birthday is coming up soon. I COULD tell everyone "I'm in my 27th year now. By the time my birthday rolls along, I'll be in my 28th year"... but then I'd get funny looks. You COULD say a newborn baby is "in it's first year"... but everyone you told that to would want to strangle you.
But what really gets to me is that instead of saying "I'm in week 3 of my pregnancy", you'd say "I'm 3 weeks pregnant". That's ridiculous. So basically they've taken the "milestone-based" system that we all know and love, and messed with it for no good reason. It would be like saying "I'm 1 century old". Or saying "I've been on vacation for a month" the second you step out of the plane to Hawaii.
Am I right or what? We need a grassroots movement to rid the world of this insanity.
Labels: Pregnancy, rant, units of time
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