2week's Before And After?? Posted: 09-10-04 21:50pm
Why do doctor's say you can go 2-week's
before your due date or after? Also what
does your hcg level tell or mean? :d
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Kia
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Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 6594 Location: Planet Tampaxia,
Again Posted: 09-11-04 03:42am
Because it is easy to know when your last
period was rather than when you conceived,
doctors will take your due date from there
instead.
So when you are 10 weeks gestation (age of
baby) you are technically 12 weeks
pregnant.
Docs count 40 weeks from last period but
becasue of how they work out due date,
giving birth anywhere between 38 and 42
weeks is normal.
Your hcg levels is the amount of pregnancy
hormone ou have in your blood stream.
My doctor told me they didnt go by your
last period anymore, they just go by the
ultrasound scan. He also told me that
the scans are very accurate at least to
the week to determine the edd. Only the
early scans though the ones done during
the first trimester and they measure the
crown rump length.
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Kia
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Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 6594 Location: Planet Tampaxia,
Posted: 10-22-04 04:36am
Yup, they say these scans are very
accurate, but old habits die hard, and
many doctors for years to come will first
ask then calculate from the first day of
your last period.
So I guess it just depends on what doctor
you go to
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Kia
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Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 6594 Location: Planet Tampaxia,
Posted: 10-22-04 11:07am
Should work out approx the same whichever
way.
If I go by the date of my last period I
would be due 25th march, but by my scans I
am due 28th march, not much in it either
way really.
Given that most women ovulate around 14
days before their period and that an egg
needs to be fertilised within 24-48hours,
and that pregnancy is approx 40weeks from
last period, then they should work out
around about the same anyway
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jus808
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Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Posts: 9 Location: virginia
Posted: 11-08-04 12:30pm
Yea cuz my doctor told me that I am due on
april 25 but when I went in she told me I
was to early and due on may 6 so basically
yea they do go on the ultra sound cuz my
first one when they told me I was due
april 25 you couldnt enev see the baby so
they go buy the ultra sound :d
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Posted: 08-28-05 17:08pm
Yeah I remember that my Dr. Checked my
ultrasound and said I was 3 months but I
always got different due dates all in the
same month but different dates till they
told me feb.12th,2005 my my daugther was
born on jan19.2005 because of low fluidsso
I was indiced but she weight good at
6pounds 3 oz she was not premature thank
goodness
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