can someone explain "stones" to me?

[atomic sagebrush]

No, I've never weighed myself in kg in my life! Only pounds!

Rainbow, I think that show must have been edited because on our tv shows, babies are listed in pounds. The doctors and nurses may use kg but they def. tell you pounds and ounces at birth and appointments.

Thanks you guys!! A lot of people were using stones and I didn't really know what they are.

[zanacal]

My babies' weights were all recorded in kgs in their records and whenever they're weighed post birth - the first thing I ask is for the same weight in lbs and ozs so I can understand it! I think in medicine they work in kgs but people in general (at least people my age!) still work in stones and lbs ... but grams for cooking. We are weird!

[3Pink1Blue]

Ooh I wish we weighed in kg, I be much lighter lol

[queen-of-harts]

all pounds in the US.

[fresas]

Actually, everything for medical purposes in the US uses the metric system, but is converted to the English system for patients. Your hospital and medical records, your child's birth records (length, weight, etc) are all metric measurements, but things like birth certificates will contain English measurements, and so will conversations with the doctors or nurses. Things will be talked about in English terms, not metric.

We don't use stones or other weird apothecary measurements for the most part.

I wish the US would ditch the English system and teach all things metric.