A pregnancy is 40 weeks, but that includes two weeks during your cycle *before* conception. So most women find out they're pregnant around five or six weeks. It goes like this: Weeks 1 to 2: Body gets ready to ovluate. Weeks 2 to 3: Ovulation, fertilization and Implantation. Week 4 or 5: Period is late.
The Rev. Dr. William H. Willimon is Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry at The Divinity School, Duke University. He retired after serving eight years as Bishop of the North Alabama Conference of The United Methodist Church.
Bishop Absalon. Portrait of Bishop Absalon-the founder and Bishop of Roskilde Cathedral-hanging on the wall of the Cathedral and surrounded by the original red bricks from 1170 to 1200. Bishop Absalon was also the creator of Copenhagen around 1167 - and Bishop of the Swedish city Lund.