When did your doctor give you a due date?

SilentSaria · January 2013

Next month I'll be getting into my 3rd trimster and so far my doctor hasn't said a word about when my due date may be. I don't know if this is because the due date is always subject to change or what but if my calculations are correct I'll be due sometime late april to early may and now its kinda driving me crazy especially with everyone asking when I am due lol.

lightgetsin · January 2013

At my very first appt. Have you thought about asking??

cpm1223 · January 2013

They told me at my 1st appointment too.

They base your due date (at least in the begining) by the 1st day or your last period. I'm guessing thats how you got your ticker to say due May 4th. I think it would maybe change based on u/s measurements, but they should have asked you the 1st day of your last period and then calculated it that way at your 1st (or maybe second) appointment.

ladybugpjb · January 2013

I had a dating ultrasound because of irregular cycles, so I was around 8 weeks when they told me.

LaineyPaney · January 2013

tmsgrl:
At my very first appt.nbsp; Have you thought about asking??

Ditto this

mben1119 · January 2013

At my very first appointment.

homebird · January 2013

At my first appointment, they gave me a due date based off my LMP (last monthly period). At the dating ultrasound, it was adjusted slightly.

No offense, but has it not occurred to you to ask your doctor this question?

MommaG123 · January 2013

They gave me one based off my LMP at my first appointment and then changed it at my dating u/s at about 8 weeks.

jmjenich · January 2013

cpm1223:
They told me at my 1st appointment too.
They base your due date (at least in the begining) by the 1st day or your last period. I'm guessing thats how you got your ticker to say due May 4th. I think it would maybe change based on u/s measurements, but they should have asked you the 1st day of your last period and then calculated it that way at your 1st (or maybe second) appointment.

I was told this also!

ocho2002 · January 2013

My first appointment. Its based on the date of your LMP unless you did IVF. You might be measuring ahead or behind by a few days but some babies are larger than average and some are smaller.

AddysMommy2011 · January 2013

homebird:

At my first appointment, they gave me a due date based off my LMP (last monthly period). At the dating ultrasound, it was adjusted slightly.

No offense, but has it not occurred to you to ask your doctor this question?

All of this!

Guillerma · January 2013

mainerocks:
Your doc must have some due date written down already because they are scheduling your appointments and procedures accordingly.
I would guess maybe that they based it off your LMP and u/s dating lined up, so they didn't mention much about it? You should definitely call the office today and ask.

Calling the office seems a bit rash, but I would ask next time you went in. The dates given based on ultrasound are actually MORE accurate the earlier you are in pregnancy (thus why most dating ultrasounds are done ASAP). Your later ultrasounds may vary widely. Earlier on, genetics do not play a large role in baby's development, and all babies are roughly on the same ruler, thus the measurements' being more accurate. My guess is that your u/s lined up with your LMP, so they didn't mention it.

Guillerma · January 2013

mainerocks:
Your doc must have some due date written down already because they are scheduling your appointments and procedures accordingly.
I would guess maybe that they based it off your LMP and u/s dating lined up, so they didn't mention much about it? You should definitely call the office today and ask.

Calling the office seems a bit rash, but I would ask next time you went in. The dates given based on ultrasound are actually MORE accurate the earlier you are in pregnancy (thus why most dating ultrasounds are done ASAP). Your later ultrasounds may vary widely. Earlier on, genetics do not play a large role in baby's development, and all babies are roughly on the same ruler, thus the measurements' being more accurate. My guess is that your u/s lined up with your LMP, so they didn't mention it.

KJPutnam · January 2013

Your doctor should have told you at your first appointment. OR at your first ultra sound. They usually base your due date off of your last period and then when you have the ultra sound in the beginning, depending on the size it usually determines the babys due date also. The only reason I could think of as to why your doctor never told you the due date is possibly because there is a point during pregnancy when genetics takes over and the size of the baby no longer determines when it is due. So if you were pretty far along and had your first appointment or ultra sound they may have taken a logical guess instead of a mathematical guess which is what they do in the early appointments.

lisa5201 · January 2013

I got my due date 3 minutes in to my first appointment

How far along are you? A pregnancy is 40 weeks long.

logoz80 · January 2013

My first appt at 5weeks. Without a due date how do you know how many weeks you are??

singahappysong · January 2013

mainerocks:
Your doc must have some due date written down already because they are scheduling your appointments and procedures accordingly.
I would guess maybe that they based it off your LMP and u/s dating lined up, so they didn't mention much about it? You should definitely call the office today and ask.

This, my dr was pretty quiet about my due date, she wrote it down and mumbled and that was how I knew. She based it off of my LMP even though I was measuring about 6 days ahead.

JCWhitey · January 2013

A nurse gave me a due date when I went in to confirm the pregnancy, but it was just an "estimate". I haven't been given a firm due date yet but I know what night I conceived so I was able to figure it out on my own.

Of course, your baby has only a 2% chance or something like that of being born on the due date. So instead of focusing on that date I just figured out the time span that I'm going to be 38 weeks to 42 weeks and circled that on the calendar. Anything before that we would consider "early" and anything after that "too late". Anything within that timeline and I'm happy!

+ASH+ · January 2013

Same as everyone else: at my first appointment, a tentative due date. The ultrasound didn't show a change of more than a week, so my doctor said they leave the due date alone unless the baby is measuring a week or more off schedule.

nikip6454 · January 2013

I was given a due date based on LMP when I called to schedule prenatal care.

Just ask at your next appointment, they obviously have a date for you as they are scheduling time specific tests and such.

wcvsb3b5 · January 2013

Where did you get the May 4th due date (in your siggy) from?

dawneo · January 2013

I was told at my first appt - but I had already figured it out based on computer website calculators. My cousin's dr never gave her a specific due date - he just gave her an estimate like yours did - she said her dr did not like to give dates but gave her a 2 week period instead. It would drive me crazy not to have an exact date, but I am kind of anal about stuff like that.

lilygrace · January 2013

Not every doc does a dating ultrasound at the first appointment. My OB only does one ultrasound, between 16-20 weeks. I know the date of my last period, so I go with that, but I haven't been given an official date yet either (by my estimates I'm 14w3d). I'm pretty sure that things will be much more official, date-wise, after my next appointment in early February (when I FINALLY get my ultrasound!).

I haven't asked for anything more specific, mainly because I do know when my last period was. If you're not sure of that, seriously just ask. That's what they're there for!

AFBTB · January 2013

I got mine before my first appt. When I called to schedule they gave me a due date then. Because the Dr doesn't see anyone until they are 10 weeks. When I first went in they confirmed my due date at my ultrasound, and reconfirm it with every consequent ultrasound.

I agree with PPs, how can you go so long not knowing your due date and not bringing it up? I suggest you definitely bring it up at your next appt.

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