This is what I used and it was accurate. I'm assuming you haven't been to an US yet because you are asking this. They usually get a better due date when they measure the baby. Mine was right on track! The office you go to will ask when the first day of your last period was and add 40 weeks to it (38 weeks gestation and 2 weeks is usually when you ovulate). I knew I ovulated late so I was actually 6w5d instead of 7w4d when they booked my appointment. I hope that answers your question?
Apologies if this has been asked, but do the timings relate to actual gestation times, or to the way your doctor dates your pregnancy (I.e. Adding the two weeks before conception)? Would be super grateful if someone knows.
I'd be shocked if it wasn't the typical dating of pregnancy.
My symptoms come and go too! It crazy one day fine the next I m miserable or up all night nauseous? I had a late miscarriage with my first this will be my fourth and I m paranoid too as Dr said at first u/s that placenta is pulling away a little and it usually correct itself but sometimes ends in MC? So super paranoid now and on pelvic rest.
Thanks for posting this! It has been crazy nerve wrecking as this is my first pregnancy and my poor DH is stressed off the wall. I will show him this and hope it helps as much as it did me
@wellinaustin - I was feeling a little better until my friend at work lost her baby at around the 11 weeks and I found out today a high school classmate lost hers at 12 weeks. It's so common, it's terrifying. I wish I wasn't so naive the first time around. I have my next ultrasound a week from tomorrow...
Same here. It's reassuring, but not really if you've miscarried before like we have. I miscarried at 9 weeks, so this doesn't help me as I go into my 8 week 3 day ultrasound tomorrow with baby #2, but I'm glad it can help calm others. Anything can happen at any time and it's good to be aware.
@taragallagher14, I'm sorry for your loss and anything can happen. I'm sure we're all aware of that. I'm ten weeks today so I'm officially 'off the chart' but I still worry, which is only natural and which is exactly why it's nice to have some reassuring statistics.
It's so good to read this thread as so many women here have had the same cramps, bleeds, No symptoms apart from exhaustion as me. It makes me feel like I'm not alone and I totally appreciate that
Same here. It's reassuring, but not really if you've miscarried before like we have. I miscarried at 9 weeks, so this doesn't help me as I go into my 8 week 3 day ultrasound tomorrow with baby #2, but I'm glad it can help calm others. Anything can happen at any time and it's good to be aware.
Heck, anything can happen at any time even AFTER the baby is born. Personally, I don't want to live in fear.
@wellinaustin - I was feeling a little better until my friend at work lost her baby at around the 11 weeks and I found out today a high school classmate lost hers at 12 weeks. It's so common, it's terrifying. I wish I wasn't so naive the first time around. I have my next ultrasound a week from tomorrow...
It's 20% likely which is high for sure, but when you think of all the people you know who are pregnant and have a healthy baby vs. the handful of people you know who have had miscarriages it's more telling. I know how you feel because I feel it too, but just trying to play devils advocate and hoping it makes you a little less stressed.
@wellinaustin - I was feeling a little better until my friend at work lost her baby at around the 11 weeks and I found out today a high school classmate lost hers at 12 weeks. It's so common, it's terrifying. I wish I wasn't so naive the first time around. I have my next ultrasound a week from tomorrow...
It's 20% likely which is high for sure, but when you think of all the people you know who are pregnant and have a healthy baby vs. the handful of people you know who have had miscarriages it's more telling. I know how you feel because I feel it too, but just trying to play devils advocate and hoping it makes you a little less stressed.
Not to spoil the mood, but you probably know a lot more people who had miscarriages. I didn't know about my mother's and my mother in law's until I had my own. The only people who know about my two miscarriages are my parents, my in-laws and one of my friends. Not even my sister knows about them.
There is still a lot of shame and secrecy involved when dealing with miscarriages.
SarahJo8, ask your OB to test your progesterone levels to see if you are low and need supplementation to possibly prevent miscarriage. And if your doc says no you may want to look at a new provider. Edit, maybe the blood in the gestational sack is a totally different explanation for the bleeding and docs assessed risk of mc? I just wanted to mention the progesterone blood test and supplementation bc it is so frustrating to me that I have some friends whose doctors have them suffer the 3 miscarriages before they will do any tests or interventions, and other friends whose docs will be right on the testing for progesterone at the fist sign of spotting or after 1 miscarriage and then they get the benefit of progesterone supplementation.
Thanks nick&heather! They were concerned about my progesterone, so did blood tests at my check up. My levels were actually really good! My most recent scan showed no signs of blood in the uterus, but still having light, brown spotting that shows up and stops pretty randomly. My doctor said that it may continue and it may just stop. It's all very nerve-wracking!
I'm at 97.9 today! But I did have a subchorionic bleed this weekend which freaked me out a lot. Had an us today and the heartbeat was strong, which was a huge relief. It was comforting to know that once you see the heartbeat, risk goes way down!
@wellinaustin - I was feeling a little better until my friend at work lost her baby at around the 11 weeks and I found out today a high school classmate lost hers at 12 weeks. It's so common, it's terrifying. I wish I wasn't so naive the first time around. I have my next ultrasound a week from tomorrow...
It's 20% likely which is high for sure, but when you think of all the people you know who are pregnant and have a healthy baby vs. the handful of people you know who have had miscarriages it's more telling. I know how you feel because I feel it too, but just trying to play devils advocate and hoping it makes you a little less stressed.
Not to spoil the mood, but you probably know a lot more people who had miscarriages. I didn't know about my mother's and my mother in law's until I had my own. The only people who know about my two miscarriages are my parents, my in-laws and one of my friends. Not even my sister knows about them.
There is still a lot of shame and secrecy involved when dealing with miscarriages.
I know a lot of women who have and have not had MCs. I am among a pretty open community of women who have talked about their unfortunate situations and their fortunate ones -- this may be because I am so open about my previous MC that I've heard so many stories of people like me. I actually talk about it whenever it makes sense to, not because I want anyone's pity, but because I think the shame and secrecy involved needs to be fixed. People TTC need to know they are not along when they go through loss and quite frankly I didn't want to be alone.
That being said, the statistic is 20% of pregnancies, not 20% of women. For every MC story I have heard, I've heard double, if not triple stories of success. That doesn't necessarily mean that those success stories didn't at one point suffer a loss. However, if I wanted to look at women I know who have vs. never had loss (from only a pool of women I'm 100% sure of) then I would say maybe it was closer to 60% never had one and 40% have. If I look at the healthy pregnancies vs MC from that same pool of women it would be 70% healthy pregnancies, 30% MC. This is obviously a small sample size of about 20 women who I know well enough to know all the particulars of their pregnancies, but in my instance I do believe strongly that I know more women who have had healthy pregnancies than have had miscarriages.
Having suffered a loss in May this is what I need to see. I'm currently 8 weeks and another week and I graduated the chart! I've been checking it every couple days since six weeks and it's given me a better mental out look on my pregnancy.
I know this might be an unpopular opinion, but can we unpin this post?
Most of us are, by now, past 9wks 2 days, and statistically some of us have miscarried and just don't know it yet. Which this post only serves to remind us of, when there's nothing we can do but wait.
In other words, we know it gives us a false sense of security, which in turn makes us feel more vulnerable.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way. Or maybe I am.
Although this chart is reassuring, it doesn't take the anxiousness away. Being pregnant is such a scary, amazing, random, and crazy thing. No one pregnancy is the same which makes it even more difficult to stay on the positive side of any one persons symptoms, especially my own! Call me pessimistic- which is probably a pretty accurate adjective to describe me- but I will always be a worry wart even after baby makes their grand appearance. Looking for strength within myself and I hope all of you ladies can find your own too. *edited for grammatical errors.
Well i had a miscarriage last July and i found out on 9 September of this month that I'm blessed with a pregnancy...so how can i calculate when did i conceive? My last period was on 10 August...good luck all
My last period was also august 10th! According to my calculations I conceived on or around the 24th. Congrats!
@BumpAdmin, @BumpTara. Can this thread maybe be unpinned now? I'm pretty sure everyone on this board is 'off the chart' by now so I don't think it's necessary/useful to have it pinned anymore.
Just got on here to read comments and know this is a different pregnancy after 2 losses. BUT... It's great to see another hawkeye!! I love in Colorado now but lived there for many years before.
Re: Chances of NOT having an early miscarriage
https://www.babycenter.com/pregnancy-due-date-calculator
This is what I used and it was accurate. I'm assuming you haven't been to an US yet because you are asking this. They usually get a better due date when they measure the baby. Mine was right on track! The office you go to will ask when the first day of your last period was and add 40 weeks to it (38 weeks gestation and 2 weeks is usually when you ovulate). I knew I ovulated late so I was actually 6w5d instead of 7w4d when they booked my appointment. I hope that answers your question?
Not everyone can breastfeed - Mammary Hypoplasia/Insufficient Glandular Tissue Awareness
Happy graduation day to me!
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Not everyone can breastfeed - Mammary Hypoplasia/Insufficient Glandular Tissue Awareness
There is still a lot of shame and secrecy involved when dealing with miscarriages.
They were concerned about my progesterone, so did blood tests at my check up. My levels were actually really good! My most recent scan showed no signs of blood in the uterus, but still having light, brown spotting that shows up and stops pretty randomly. My doctor said that it may continue and it may just stop. It's all very nerve-wracking!
That being said, the statistic is 20% of pregnancies, not 20% of women. For every MC story I have heard, I've heard double, if not triple stories of success. That doesn't necessarily mean that those success stories didn't at one point suffer a loss. However, if I wanted to look at women I know who have vs. never had loss (from only a pool of women I'm 100% sure of) then I would say maybe it was closer to 60% never had one and 40% have. If I look at the healthy pregnancies vs MC from that same pool of women it would be 70% healthy pregnancies, 30% MC. This is obviously a small sample size of about 20 women who I know well enough to know all the particulars of their pregnancies, but in my instance I do believe strongly that I know more women who have had healthy pregnancies than have had miscarriages.
Most of us are, by now, past 9wks 2 days, and statistically some of us have miscarried and just don't know it yet. Which this post only serves to remind us of, when there's nothing we can do but wait.
In other words, we know it gives us a false sense of security, which in turn makes us feel more vulnerable.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way. Or maybe I am.
*edited for grammatical errors.
Not everyone can breastfeed - Mammary Hypoplasia/Insufficient Glandular Tissue Awareness
BUT...
It's great to see another hawkeye!!
I love in Colorado now but lived there for many years before.