DOB

This is one thing I fear I will never understand.  For sure it will be one of the first questions when I get back to the States to an American doctor.

Why the heck do they say we are prego for 9 months??     It's a lie!

You check any pregnancy calendars and they clearly state about 40 weeks.  That's roughly 10 months.

And the 2nd trimester has 16 weeks (roughly 4 months), not 12.

So, do we somehow repeat month 6?

We spend the 1st trimester counting toward the month.  Then we spend the 3rd trimester counting after the beginning of the month.

So how do we count during the 2nd trimester??

I like math to be simple.

This is not fair for someone who is already fighting for brain power.