Please for those who CHARTED only

desmerelda317 · December 2010

DS came pretty much right on time - 40 weeks and 1 day based on my ovulation EDD.

margeincharge2 · December 2010

Not sure where I fit in but I would think you'd want to take people like me into consideration. I delivered at 36 weeks, 6 days. That's the day I developed HELLP and had to deliver my baby asap. When I was pregnant, I was banking on delivering late, only to have my baby come 3 weeks early. You definitely can't count on babies coming after 40 weeks, as I am living proof.

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margeincharge2 · December 2010

Not sure where I fit in but I would think you'd want to take people like me into consideration. I delivered at 36 weeks, 6 days. That's the day I developed HELLP and had to deliver my baby asap. When I was pregnant, I was banking on delivering late, only to have my baby come 3 weeks early. You definitely can't count on babies coming after 40 weeks, as I am living proof.

xnbride · December 2010

I am a late ovulator too and always have to remind my practitioner that an EDD based on LMP would be WAY off, so they always ordered an early ultrasound.

With DS2 I ovulated day 23 as well. I gave birth to him late 38 (almost 39) weeks. The nurse even said something to the effect that oh, her due date was probably off since I actually gave birth on my original due date (based on LMP), but then my midwife said, "no, she (meaning me) probably just has long cycle with a shorter gestational period than most."

Consequently both my boys were born approx 10 days early. DS1 was induced for med reasons (but I was already in labor) and DS2 came spontaneously.

For both boys I had the same thing: My due date (based on ovulation was the 25th of the month, the OB/midwife date based on early ultrasound put me at the 30th of the month, but I gave birth the 18th/19th of the month). I don't know if that makes sense but I hope so because I think it is kind of cool.

AyoC · December 2010

I used a method that I learned in my Natural family planning class to figure out my due date. That method you count back 7 days from when your temperature rose and then add 9 months (If I remember right). My son came exactly on that due date.