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letter from the dr's office

Kristi221Kristi221
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My dr's office sent me a letter basically outlining what to expect at my first appointment and discussing the cost of all of my prenatal appointments and delivery (Holy!!! Thank goodness for insurance, I'll only have to pay my $20 co-pays for office visits, nothing at all for delivery!)

But what bugged me, is that they have my due date as 11/28. Now I know this isn't a huge deal and I know they calculated it based on my LMP, which is common. But when I called to make the appt, I told them that my LMP was 2/20, but that I ovulated on 3/12, making my due date 12/3. It kinda makes me Hmm that they still based my due date on my LMP, which clearly wouldn't be as accurate. I wonder if they will change it when I get the u/s done.
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  • iamjessicaiamjessica
    I wouldn't worry about it.  They may change it with the u/s but if you deliver 2 weeks either way of your due day, you are "on time".  It's more of a rough guess.
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  • lesullengerlesullenger
    From what I have heard. Dont get stuck to a date because it will change several times and then you will be either early or late. Think of it as a general time.
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  • Kristi221Kristi221

    imageiamjessica:
    I wouldn't worry about it.  They may change it with the u/s but if you deliver 2 weeks either way of your due day, you are "on time".  It's more of a rough guess.

    Oh I'm not worried about when I'm due. I was more concerned with the fact that I told them when I ovulated but, rather than using that to calculate it, they use my LMP. If it had been my last cycle, my LMP was on 12/23, but I had a 60 day cycle. I guess since learning more about my body, I assumed the dr's office would use the information I have. Oh well.

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  • Kristi221Kristi221
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    They will base it off LMP until you have an u/s. This gets said about 100 times a day around here.

    And it's 5 days difference. Big freaking whoop.

     

    I never said it was a big deal. 

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  • Spacebunny19Spacebunny19 member
    Eh, so often, people are wrong about when they think they ovulated that they use the LMP anyway, even when you tell them, I have a long cycle, I ovulated X day, I am EDD X day based on that.  I told my dr. when I believe I conceived based on the pee-stick fertility monitors, and they still used my LMP, too.  I had my U/S last week and confirmed that I was right, but they haven't adjusted my due date (it's closer to 10/27 instead of 10/22 using my LMP) but i'm not worried about it because babies can come 2 weeks early or 2 weeks late.  The only change for me is, mentally, i am pushing back when I am out of the first trimester just a *bit* longer as to when to tell people.  I haven't even changed my ticker.  But I'm really only like 9 weeks 2 days, not 10 weeks.
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  • eml569eml569

    The only time I've ever seen an OB base an EDD on "ovulation" date is when someone had IUI or IVF done, maybe Clomid monitoring, and it was known exactly - to the second. I O'd a week late so my OB figured out my EDD based on the 6 week US. 

    You got a form letter, where they stick your LMP into a computer and it spits out a letter for your first appt. In the grand scale of reasons to get upset at your OB's office, this is not one. What happened with my first pregnancy was a huge reason to get upset, this, not so much.

     

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  • Kristi221Kristi221
    imageeml569:

    The only time I've ever seen an OB base an EDD on "ovulation" date is when someone had IUI or IVF done, maybe Clomid monitoring, and it was known exactly - to the second. I O'd a week late so my OB figured out my EDD based on the 6 week US. 

    You got a form letter, where they stick your LMP into a computer and it spits out a letter for your first appt. In the grand scale of reasons to get upset at your OB's office, this is not one. What happened with my first pregnancy was a huge reason to get upset, this, not so much.

     

    Again, not saying I'm upset. Just found it interesting that they still use the LMP when you tell them that you chart your BBT and know when you O, especially since my dr suggested doing that to determine my O date. But really, not upset about it

    What happened with your first pregnancy?

     

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  • Temp950106187509203Temp950106187509203 member
    My mw's office won't change an EDD unless an ultrasound shows something that is more than a week off from the date from LMP (they happened to for me; my LMP- and O-based dates were 8 days apart; my O-date was exactly right, based on u/s).  Baby is going to come when s/he wants to, anyway, the date in your file doesn't make much difference.
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  • BeachMBeachM member
    My EDD is based on my ovulation date.  My LMP was 1/11, but I didn't ovulate until 2/9.  My OB agrees with my FF chart and agreed to go with my O date rather than LMP to determine my EDD.  I'm having the NT scan at 12 weeks, and the OB was concerned if we went with LMP we'd be way off and the scan wouldn't be accurate.
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  • sillypitsillypit member

    imagelesullenger:
    From what I have heard. Dont get stuck to a date because it will change several times and then you will be either early or late. Think of it as a general time.

    This.  Mine's been changed 4 times, I gave up.

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