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Change of due date!

newmommytobe2011newmommytobe2011
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went to our anatomy scan today and found out i am 20 weeks pregnant! Before I was 18 weeks.. I always had a feeling I was farther along then they were saying! So my new due date is October 14! I get to see my baby boy that much sooner : ) Besides that the baby is perfectly fine!!
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  • Summer0715Summer0715 member
    how exciting!!!!
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  • chiromommyMichellechiromommyMichelle member
    This may sound harsh, but due date changes this late in the game are not usually in your best interest.  Your Dr just moved up your pregnancy's  'expiration date' basically. 
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  • pwrhttr93pwrhttr93
    Ew. Don't say that. I am sure that everything is great! I'm glad to hear you get to meet your baby sooner!
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  • newmommytobe2011newmommytobe2011
    Thank you and yes I am very excited about seeing my baby sooner!! I am still enjoying my pregnancy but i would rather have him at the beginning than the end!
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  • Mags748Mags748 member

    I have always heard and been told by my OB that dating a pregnancy from an ultrasound at 20 weeks is not accurate. My OB told me the first time that is why they do dating ultrasounds early (6-8 weeks or so).

    Did you have a previous ultrasound that gave you a different due date? Why did you have a feeling you were further along? If you are going off when you think you ovulated then I would be more likely to think the new due date is accurate. It would just be bad if they scheduled you early for a c-section or induction for some reason and you were really 2 weeks earlier than they thought.

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  • newmommytobe2011newmommytobe2011
    well the reason i thought i was further along is because my periods have always been so unpredictable... so we had to just make an estmate on when my last period was so i wasnt surprised at all when they told me a dfferent due date tday at our scan
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  • MrsHKMrsHK member

    imagechiromommyMichelle:
    This may sound harsh, but due date changes this late in the game are not usually in your best interest.  Your Dr just moved up your pregnancy's  'expiration date' basically. 

    Ditto, early u/s are used for dating because after that point each baby grows a little different dependent on genetics and all. I'd clarify with your dr though which due date they are going to hold you to. I wouldn't want the pressure to 'expire' earlier. As great as the anticipation to be done with at the end, personally I stress about being under the countdown watch too.

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  • Lady StrifeLady Strife
    not everyone has early ultrasounds though....  so how does that work?  some docs only send you for the 20 week ultrasound.  for example.. my doctor. 
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    imageLady Strife:
    not everyone has early ultrasounds though....  so how does that work?  some docs only send you for the 20 week ultrasound.  for example.. my doctor. 

    Actually I think most doctors don't do early u/s. Unfortunately EDD is usually based off of your LMP. That's not 100% either. IMHO, I don't know the specific % but I think the LMP is typically considered more accurate than a later u/s.

    I had an early u/s each time, but that was also based on the fact that for the last two pregnancies I had no LMP to go off of. For Turtle that 'early' u/s dated me around 11-12 weeks and I never felt like it was accurate. He was just about two weeks 'late' and we almost had to have an induction.

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