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doyle60@aol.com
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 3:03 am
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A Japanese girl I know thought that women were pregnant for 10 months.
Her Taiwanese husband confirmed that that number is what some Asians
use. Has anyone ever heard this before?
Two Japanese girls I work with thought ten months as well, one claiming
that "10 months, 10 days" is some sort of expression for the gestation
period. One coworker worked for a GBYN and knew that Americans used 9
months. She explained the title of the move "Nine Months" to the other
girl who gave an "ahhh," as if finally understanding the title of the
movie.
I suppose the Japanese simply measure from the last period instead of
the missed period. But that doesn't seem to explain 10 months.
Or they are thinking a pregnant women passes through 10 months,
counting the first.
But the Japanese dinner guest did believe that a women was
"scientifically" pregnant for 10 months. Not so.
Matt
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R H Draney
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 3:11 am
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Different sorts of months in use here, besides the different starting
point...convention around here says nine months on the calendar; if a baby is
born on the fourth of July, you count backwards and estimate that conception
occurred around the fourth of the preceding September...the Asian system may
think in terms of ten times the length of the menstrual month....r |
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Carmen L. Abruzzi
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 3:22 am
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| Quote: | A Japanese girl I know thought that women were pregnant for 10 months.
Her Taiwanese husband confirmed that that number is what some Asians
use. Has anyone ever heard this before?
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No but I've heard of "eight days a week".
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Adrian Bailey
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 3:33 am
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"Q. Why do Japanese people say that women deliver their babies in the TENTH
month?
"A. No, Japanese babies don't take longer to mature. Japanese do not
count calendar months, but instead think in terms of lunar months of exactly
28 days. Those few days at the end of each of the 9 months count together
for one extra month, hence ten months. (pregnancy is 40 weeks = 10 * 4
weeks = 10 months)."
http://www3.tky.3web.ne.jp/~edjacob/saq.html
(etc.)
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Spehro Pefhany
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 3:56 am
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Are they still considered 1 year old at birth? I believe they used to
be in Japan (and Taiwan).
Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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Murray Arnow
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:09 am
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Sorta like thoroughbreds.
obNitpickers: I know, I know. |
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Steve MacGregor
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:09 am
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| Quote: | Are they still considered 1 year old at birth? I believe they used to
be in Japan (and Taiwan).
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This is a misconception. Orientals are not considered to be one year
old at birth; age =one= indicates that this is their first calendar year
of life. After the next Chinese New Year, they are in their second
calendar year of life. It's not giving elapsed time since birth, as our
system does.
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Areff
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:12 am
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Spehro Pefhany wrote:
| Quote: | Are they still considered 1 year old at birth? I believe they used to
be in Japan (and Taiwan).
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Also Italy, if my great-grandmother is any guide.
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Steny '08! |
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Donna Richoux
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:34 am
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doyle60@aol.com <doyle60@aol.com> wrote:
| Quote: | A Japanese girl I know thought that women were pregnant for 10 months.
Her Taiwanese husband confirmed that that number is what some Asians
use. Has anyone ever heard this before?
Two Japanese girls I work with thought ten months as well, one claiming
that "10 months, 10 days" is some sort of expression for the gestation
period. One coworker worked for a GBYN and knew that Americans used 9
months. She explained the title of the move "Nine Months" to the other
girl who gave an "ahhh," as if finally understanding the title of the
movie.
I suppose the Japanese simply measure from the last period instead of
the missed period.
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Sorry, I don't think anybody counts from "the missed period" -- how can
you start counting from a non-event? Nor do they count from conception,
which usually nobody is sure of either.
Here's an Australian health ministry paper:
The unborn baby spends around 38 weeks in the uterus
(womb), but the average length of pregnancy, or gestation, is
calculated as 40 weeks. This is because pregnancy is counted from
the first day of the woman's last period, not the date of
conception which generally occurs two weeks later. Since some women
are unsure of the date of their last menstruation (perhaps due to
period irregularities), a pregnancy is considered full-term if
birth falls between 37 to 42 weeks of the estimated due date.
...A simple method to calculate the due date is to add seven days
to the date of the first day of your last period, then add nine
months. For example, if the first day of your last period was
February 1, add seven days (February  then add nine months, for a
due date of November 8
| Quote: | But that doesn't seem to explain 10 months.
Or they are thinking a pregnant women passes through 10 months,
counting the first.
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Yes, that might do it. In the above example, the pregnancy started in
February and will end in November -- FMAMJJASON is ten months. That's
not the ordinary Western notion of "lasting for ten months," of course.
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Best -- Donna Richoux |
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Juuitchan
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:46 am
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| Quote: | But the Japanese dinner guest did believe that a women was
"scientifically" pregnant for 10 months. Not so.
Matt
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Once I saw a JavaScript, apparently by a Japanese lady, to show months
of pregnancy. It went up to 10 months. I asked her about it, and she
replied that, for purposes of counting months of a pregnancy, 1 month
is defined as 4 weeks. |
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Murray Arnow
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 5:03 am
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"doyle60@aol.com" <doyle60@aol.com> wrote:
| Quote: | A Japanese girl I know thought that women were pregnant for 10 months.
Her Taiwanese husband confirmed that that number is what some Asians
use. Has anyone ever heard this before?
Two Japanese girls I work with thought ten months as well, one claiming
that "10 months, 10 days" is some sort of expression for the gestation
period. One coworker worked for a GBYN and knew that Americans used 9
months. She explained the title of the move "Nine Months" to the other
girl who gave an "ahhh," as if finally understanding the title of the
movie.
I suppose the Japanese simply measure from the last period instead of
the missed period. But that doesn't seem to explain 10 months.
Or they are thinking a pregnant women passes through 10 months,
counting the first.
But the Japanese dinner guest did believe that a women was
"scientifically" pregnant for 10 months. Not so.
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After looking at this URL, I wonder why 10 months isn't used
universally.
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.
nsf/pages/Baby_due_date?OpenDocument
or
http://snipurl.com/clqv |
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Murray Arnow
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 5:26 am
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In article <HTRNd.185$zs.10@okepread04>, "Steve MacGregor" <s_t_macgregor@yahoo.com> wrote:
| Quote: | "Spehro Pefhany" <speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote in message
news:7dlf01tdq4c7c0a5fofmkke77f5154a5ev@4ax.com...
Are they still considered 1 year old at birth? I believe they used to
be in Japan (and Taiwan).
This is a misconception. Orientals are not considered to be one year
old at birth; age =one= indicates that this is their first calendar year
of life. After the next Chinese New Year, they are in their second
calendar year of life. It's not giving elapsed time since birth, as our
system does.
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They are like thoroughbreds! |
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Areff
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 6:23 am
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Steve MacGregor wrote:
| Quote: | "Spehro Pefhany" <speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote in message
news:7dlf01tdq4c7c0a5fofmkke77f5154a5ev@4ax.com...
Are they still considered 1 year old at birth? I believe they used to
be in Japan (and Taiwan).
This is a misconception. Orientals
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Oy!
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Steny '08! |
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Skitt
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 6:27 am
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Areff wrote:
| Quote: | Steve MacGregor wrote:
"Spehro Pefhany" wrote:
Are they still considered 1 year old at birth? I believe they used
to be in Japan (and Taiwan).
This is a misconception. Orientals
Oy!
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Ornamentals.
--
Skitt (in Hayward, California)
www.geocities.com/opus731/ |
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Azul Funk
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 7:22 am
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| Quote: | This is a misconception.
-rimshot-! |
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