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How far along confusion

mali0902mali0902 member
in September 2016 Moms
I'm a little confused over here. Today, I'm at 12dpo and I got a positive test yesterday. FF has my due date set to 9/9, and when I put this into The Bump, it's calculated that I'm 3+ weeks. How can this be possible considering I ovulated less than 2 weeks ago. I've also noticed, in other threads here, ladies that post that they are 9 and 12 dpo are also 3 weeks along. How can this be? Am I missing something?? I've not yet missed my period (due this Saturday) so I cat go by lmp yet. Maybe I'm just being a total noob, but this just not making sense to me! Thoughts? And thanks! :blush:
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Re: How far along confusion

  • reesaXdenreesaXden member
    edited December 2015
    So you go off of your last period you had before the positive test. So for me, that was Dec 2nd.
    With dating a pregnancy, they start counting at the date of your last period.
    Today I am 4 weeks pregnant/15dpo.

    It's not extremely accurate as some/most women don't ovulate on the typical 14th day.

    *ETA: LMP stands for "last menstrual period"
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  • mali0902mali0902 member
    @reesaXden Thanks for the response! But I think I'm still confused. If you ovulated 15 days ago (approx 2 weeks) how can you be 4 weeks along already? I'm sorry if I'm missing something obvious here!
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  • mali0902mali0902 member
    edited December 2015
    Okay, so one other thought. When we say we are x weeks along, is that including the weeks before ovulation? I think I've always assumed that the weeks along # referred to how long is been since you implanted (or ovulated). Maybe?

    Edit: @reesaXden I just now got that this was what you were explaining! Thanks for your help!
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  • WorkingOnMyNightCheeseWorkingOnMyNightCheese member
    mali0902 said:

    Okay, so one other thought. When we say we are x weeks along, is that including the weeks before ovulation? I think I've always assumed that the weeks along # referred to how long is been since you implanted (or ovulated). Maybe?

    Edit: @reesaXden I just now got that this was what you were explaining! Thanks for your help!

    When someone says they're x weeks pregnant, it includes prior to ovulation. So for example, you could be three weeks pregnant, but the fetal age is one week.
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  • mali0902mali0902 member
    Gottcha! Thanks @katetastrophem! Woo hoo then, father along than I thought :blush:
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  • downing710downing710 member
    It confused me for a while also don't feel bad!! I can give a precise date for my pregnancy because it was a FET with 5 day blasts but every doctor will still calculate it based on the first day of my last period....

    My little snowflake(s) are exactly 2 weeks 3 days but I'm considered 3 weeks 6 days based on my period.
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