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July 2011 Moms
frustrated about EDD
I had an appointment with my OBGYN today...and she kept saying that being only 21 weeks I should or shouldn't be feeling this way or that. But in my mind I'm 22 weeks...based on my dating ultrasound.
I asked her about it and she said that they have my due date as 7/29/11 in the computer - based on when I thought I might have had my last period. I wasn't 100% but I knew it was around that week. My dating ultrasound said my EDD was 7/25/11. They will go with 7/29 because that's the original date based on my LMP and it's not more than a week off.
Now I know it's only 4 days but I was so excited that I was 22w0d and was soooo upset to be put back to 21w3d. I don't like this going backwards business...
Oh well. Just seems stupid that they even sent me for a dating ultrasound if they don't use that date.
Sorry for the lame frustration post.
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Re: frustrated about EDD
I'm guessing they did a dating ultrasound to see if you were more than 1-2 weeks off on your EDD- otherwise, they rarely change it.
4 days may seem like a lot- but you could have a full-term baby within a range of 3-5 weeks!! If you are an impatient person (like me), here's hoping that your baby comes on the earlier side- 37 weeks or so.
I'd just leave it 22 weeks and call it a day.
4 days is nothing. My own OB doesn't even mess with due dates until it gets to be 2 weeks off.
Baby could be early. Baby could be late. Baby could be on time. Pick the date that's most fun to you and go with it.
This.
This!
ITA. Based on my LMP I should be a month ahead..but found out otherwise at my first u/s. My period was always irregular..I ended up ovulating super late that month!
every time i talk to someone they tell me a different date. my doc said 7/28, the ultrasounds always say 7/27, other docs i've met with have said the 29th... it's like no one talks to each other. it seriously drives me nuts. what else are they going to have 3 different stories on?
I had an ultrasound tech tell me that due dates change constantly because they are based on measurements. Early on, she said the difference in a date could be as little as a millimeter.
I have been told 7/3, 7/4, and 7/6. My doctor goes by the 7/6 due date. I have always gone by the first due date that I was given which is 7/4. in all honesty, it really doesn't even matter because a EDD is exactly that. An estimation. Our LO's will get here when they're ready, regardless.
My midwife goes with the original LPM EDD which is 7/26 as do I, and when I get ultrasounds they go by the date the ultrasound tech got when she did my dating which is 7/30. My baby is measuring a couple days small even though I'm measuring on track by fundal height so even though I like saying "my due date is July 26" there isnt a doubt in my mind that I'll be delivering an 'overdue' baby which is fine with me. It isnt a huge deal to doctors which date we use because they are so close together but it matters a lot to us moms so I think they just let us think what we want as to not rain on our parade.
I had the same question for my doc. I couldn't remember when my LMP was so I just gave then a date which I thought to be right, well when we had the first u/s it said I was a week behind. When we had our 18 week u/s she was measuring right on schedule with my LMP. It is def all about the measurements and the docs will only change it if there is a significant correlation between the time and the measurements.
We go today for our anatomy scan, so hopefully she is growing right on schedule!