I actually thought I was pretty well
educated about pregnancy, but maybe not.
Since most of you have been there and done
that, I just have a few questions!!
1.) how long does a normal (full-term)
pregnancy last? I know "9 months" but
that would mean 36 weeks, but most people
post about being 41, 42 o3 43 weeks
pregnant? I'm just confused!
2.) what is a mucus plug?
3.) it's normal for a baby to have purple
hands and feet when they are born, right?
I see a lot of pics like that, and I was
just wondering!
4.) what is an epidural, and demerol? I
know an epidural is a shot in your lower
back, right? What's it do?
---lol, I babysit 3 month old twins, and
my sister is expecting. I know a lot
about babies, but it seems like I lack the
knowledge in the actual "giving birth"
area---
thanks, and congratulations to all you new
mommys and soon to be mommys!
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bellax0x
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Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 3572 Location: Jersey Baby!
Posted: 08-14-04 20:02pm
1) 40 weeks, which is tech. 10 mo. But
most months are more then four weeks so it
winds up only being aprox. 9 mo.
2) its a glob of mucus that starts forming
when you become pregnant. It comes out at
the end of your pregnancy with a little
bit of bloody show in it. Its supposed to
signify that youre going into labour soon
but not always. If you loose it and dont
go into labour it regenerates itself.
4)not sure
5) they are pain meds administered when
the mother birthing is in too much pain to
handle
I think gaby covered most of it. Here's
a little more to add
4.) what is an epidural, and demerol? I
know an epidural is a shot in your lower
back, right? What's it do?
Epidural~numbs mother from basically waist
down to have baby. Mother often feels
some pressure but no pain or
basically.....Feeling.
Demerol~shot for pain.
And:
this means, if you are pregnant for 40
weeks, you are not pregnant for 10 months.
You see 40 weeks is 40*7 days. I could
do the math for you, but i'll let you open
that pathetic little calculator on windows
and do it. If you divide this number (
ha, bet you thought i'd just tell you
later) by the real rough number of days in
a month, 30, you'll get 9.3! That's
right, a smidge over 9 months! No where
near to 10, unless, maybe you live in
tennessee, in which case there are 10 * pi
days in a month.
But wait, this gets better. Where the
hell did 40 weeks come from? Well, this
is actually the number of weeks from the
lmp ( last montly paycheck) and the
expected due date. Well, between lmp and
conception is normally 2 weeks, because
that's when the beer money is still
available. This means that they've added
2 weeks to the pregnancy, before you've
even conceived!
Hell, if you're going to do that, then all
women are pregnant for 6 months out of the
year because they're pregnant for two
weeks each month, and just don't get lucky
enough to conceive.
So, now we're down to 38 weeks. 38 weeks
* 7 days a week is 266 days. Divide that
by our favorite 30 days in a month and you
get 8.87 months. Less than 9 months!
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