2006-08-15 09:54:58 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
An ultrasound will give you a pretty accurate gestational age of your baby. You will be given a due date according to your ultrasound if you are unsure of your LMP. The ultrasound tech will do measurements of the baby, placenta, etc. which will give a more accurate due date than your LMP
2006-08-15 10:01:27 · answer #1 · answered by Rachel M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Early on, the doctor will do an ultrsound to determine your due date. They will do measurements to determine the age of the fetus. All babies are the same size prior to a certain number of weeks in the pregnancy. This is why most doctors will not change the due date later on if your baby seems large or small for gestational age. So to answer your question, yes, the ultrasound can be used to give you a more accurate due date.
2006-08-15 10:07:01 · answer #2 · answered by jacqueline 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you want to tell the doctor a wrong LMP? That's just dumb. If you don't know at least you can give a time frame of when it was.
My LMP made my due date earlier than when I actually O'd, but since we were within a week of each other, we kept the LMP date. My u/s have all shown me to be on target anyway.
2006-08-15 10:02:38 · answer #3 · answered by Ericka K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It usually doesnt matter if you give the Dr. you LMP. If they do an ultrasound, they will go by the development of the baby. So the Due Date the ultrasound gives you is usually the one they will use.
2006-08-15 10:00:14 · answer #4 · answered by mememe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well actually my due date was nov.22 and when i went for my ultra sound it went up to the 15th and then back down to the 26 and they told me they were going to keep the 22 because the ultrasund did not show a big change in due dates and the 22 is in the middle of the 15th and the 26th
2006-08-15 10:11:04 · answer #5 · answered by stacieanne_04 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ultrasound will give you the most accurate due date, everyone ovulates differently, the LMP is just "standard"
2006-08-15 10:01:50 · answer #6 · answered by dnmhbk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no the ultrasound gives you a better due date. They are more accurate than your lmp
2006-08-15 10:05:03 · answer #7 · answered by smileighoklahoma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they use the ultrasound for the size of the baby as well as stomach measurments (I thinks its called fundal measurements?) at each appointment to estimate how far along you are so yes they will be able to tell up to a point
2006-08-15 10:02:10 · answer #8 · answered by PediRN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no because an ultra sound measures the baby's weight and length and they go by the rate of growth to get an estimated due date
2006-08-15 10:00:44 · answer #9 · answered by tiffany b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just keep in mind when u got pregnant. by my calculations my baby would be here at the end of oct. first they told me the end of december then even moved it to jan. there was no possible way on god's green earth that my baby was coming any later then i predicted. i had not had sex. they kept telling me by the size of her skull........ blah blah blah.
my baby was born nov.5, i was swollen up because i was over due and had developed toxemia. my baby weighed 8lbs 3oz.
like my grandma told me "a mother always knows!"
2006-08-15 10:23:41 · answer #10 · answered by cindy loo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋