Originally posted by: jinc118
umm akka..i don't understand your definition of gestation? I conclude it to be the time period from conception to birth. and if each month is 4-4.5 wks...
7 mo = 28 - 30 wks
+
6 wks (when prachi found out)
= 34-36 wks
+
2 wks of court case
= 36-38 wks
+
12 days
almost 40 wks.
But if you don't count it as 6 wks when Prachi found out and more like exactly 1 month (and given that Sumonto must have been concieved on the second C-night)...then it'd be 38 wks.
JC, if I remember right, Prachi found out about her pregnancy on the first month anniversary. Remember she was on her way to the jagran when she took a detour to the hospital? It was the same night Milsi was drugged in the farm house. It is possible to find out she was pregnant then because it was over four weeks .since the second c-night. Normally a woman can find out in 6 weeks time (6 weeks from LMP which translates into 4 weeks from conception). Add two weeks of court trial. That makes it 6 weeks. Since the gestation of a baby from the date of conception (not LMP) is 38 weeks, Sumonto would have been born in 32 weeks after she left Milsi. That translates to roughly 7 and a half months. Since Sumonto had just celebrated his 5th birthday, Milsi was right in saying he was away from Prachi for 5 years, 7 months and 12 days. I think I have made myself clear enough now.
Edited by optimist - 17 years ago