Can a doctor tell you right down to the week when you conceived?
2006-08-06 11:13:57 · 20 answers · asked by He_sEnT_Me-mY-AnGeL 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Trying to Conceive
as long as you have regular periods before you conceived, and an early ultrasound can pretty much determine the dates.
2006-08-06 11:23:46 · answer #1 · answered by sammy22005 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have an early ultrasound, the doctor should be able to give you a pretty good estimate based on the size of the fetus. On the other hand, all developing babies are different, and the estimates are not perfect. If you go between weeks 6 and 8 and get an ultrasound, the doctor should be pretty close, though.
2006-08-06 18:18:19 · answer #2 · answered by Cara B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Between 6-8 weeks, doctors will do a 'dating sonogram' which is supposed to be very accurate on guessing the age of the baby.
2006-08-06 21:54:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and if your cycles were regular prior to conception, even more closely to the day. With both my sons, I knew the day I conceived and my doctor's estimate was within 1 day.
2006-08-06 18:18:45 · answer #4 · answered by funrdhdpeach 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are able to guess with in a few days either right on or 6 days or so off. but the second ultrasound at around 18 weeks gives a better guess becasue it's a more in depth look at the baby
2006-08-06 19:30:01 · answer #5 · answered by manda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes my doctor told me that i conceived the weekend before father's day and now i have a great little boy
2006-08-06 18:23:03 · answer #6 · answered by ~*big mama *~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. An early ultrasound can show the age of the embryo very precisely (within a day or two).
2006-08-06 19:13:40 · answer #7 · answered by IVF Expert 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they told me to the day...and I never had a normal period. I knew they were right because I hadn't had sex for a month before and after but I never told them that.
2006-08-06 18:23:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have very regular periods they can. If you are irregular, then you'll need a dating scan which is an ultrasound scan done in hospital.
2006-08-06 18:18:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you know when the first day of your last period was they can work out when the baby was concieved.
2006-08-06 19:40:48 · answer #10 · answered by brooke v 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋