nclex question regarding a maternity question

[leogirl8]

I had an exam in school and one of the questions asked when does nausea during pregnancy usually resolve? The answer was the 3rd month. However, in our textbook, it said, "Nausea is primarily noted during the first trimester of the pregnancy and usually resolves by 13 to 14 weeks." So, can the answer also be the 4th month??

[Double-Helix, BSN, RN]

In my opinion, yes. However, according to due dates, a month/week of pregnancy isn't measured until you've finished it. For example, you aren't 8 weeks pregnant until you have completed the 8th week, not once you start it. I'm currently 18 weeks and 1 day pregnant, not 19 weeks. So I suppose that, by the same token, a woman wouldn't be considered 3 months pregnant until she completed that third month (or completed 12 weeks). So technically the nausea resolves while they are three months pregnant and working on the fourth month.

That's a little hard for me to wrap my head around, though, and I typed it. You could definitely make a case for either one.

Just remember that, in real life, nausea resolves at different point. Some (very lucky) people never experience it. Others, like me, stay nauseous until about week 16.

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

twelve weeks is a bit shy of three months. there are 52 weeks in a year. 52/12 = 4.3 weeks per month.

[NicuGal, MSN, RN]

That is tricky as months is usually used by lay people and weeks by OB/NICU. When someone says they are 2 months along, they are really 4 weeks further along than they think. Gestation is 40 weeks which equals 10 months. The first month is the month before the first missed period. So in layman terms, 3 months is correct. Did that make sense lol