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Flamesparrow · 07/05/2009 08:26
... the "weeks" are several clumped together at a time?
I like knowing weekly what is going on, not get an update once a month or so Got all excited when I saw the week by week thing, then realised it isn't.
GeraldineMumsnet · 08/05/2009 10:13
Hello, the reason we've clumped the weeks is that, after checking with doctors and obstetric experts, it wouldn't be accurate to say X happens in week 9, because all pregnancies are unique, obviously, and the rate of the baby's development varies.
So, in a 'normal' pregnancy, you'd expect certain developments around the same time or by a certain point, but it would be misleading to say it was happening in a particular week.
Trouble is, most baby and parenting sites do talk about pregnancy week by week and we want to make sure people find Mumsnet's content!
Rock and hard place scenario. But take your point about it giving the wrong impression of what you're going to get when you see week by week, and will think about whether we need to amend it.
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