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How many months is 18 weeks of pregnancy? is it 4 months or 5 months it's confusing

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Dr. Dennis Higginbotham answered

Specializes in American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Semantics: A pregnancy is considered to last 40 weeks or 9 months. The two are not directly interchangeable because most months are not exactly 4 weeks. Half of a pregnancy is 20 weeks or 4 and 1/2 months. It just does not correlate evenly. Most of us use weeks rather than months to follow the duration of a pregnancy.

Answered 9/29/2016

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