what are some reasons you dont have your baby on your due date. could the date the baby was concived be wrong.
2006-09-04 09:54:29 · 9 answers · asked by cuttiee 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
could be a number of things, but first babies tend to come late.
2006-09-04 09:58:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The due date is an estimation. The typical "allowable" time for pregnancy is 38-41 weeks. That's a pretty broad window of opportunity. The fact of the matter is, the due date is based on your Last Menstrual Period (LMP); however if you spot even a few days, most doctors will count that as a period, and that will throw off the calculations.
Doctors aren't perfect. That's why its called "PRACTICING medicine." But remember too that Mother Nature knows what's going on - women have been doing this for YEARS without the help of modern science - modern science just makes things a bit easier!
2006-09-04 17:08:28 · answer #2 · answered by Brutally Honest 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Due dates are only an estimate. No one can tell you exactly when you're going to have your baby even if you know the exact when the baby was conceived.
Only a small % of babies are born on their due dates, and thats just luck.
2006-09-04 17:09:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apart from mistakes (like forgetting the exact date of your last period), we are talking averages. Some will be late some will be early. Then, every pregnancy is different, age, health, physical condition of the mother and, size of the baby ... and a couple of thousand things (I'm exaggerating) come into play. Your period doesn't start every 15th at 9:32 AM and 41 seconds.
2006-09-04 17:06:40 · answer #4 · answered by Jose R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure but I know when my lmp was and they just moved my due date up 12 days due to the size of the baby.
2006-09-04 17:32:35 · answer #5 · answered by shorty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are a ton of reasons that the due date is off! Just look at it this way, your baby will arrive at exactly the perfect moment for you and his father! Truly!
2006-09-04 17:06:53 · answer #6 · answered by MaHaa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes babies just come late or early. All my kids were 3 weeks early and my due dates were correct.
2006-09-04 17:30:14 · answer #7 · answered by Coast2CoastChat.com 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes that is why some drs do an ultra sound late in the pregnancy
2006-09-04 16:58:35 · answer #8 · answered by Moo moo I'm a chicken 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
doctors get it wrong, they got mine wrong when i was pregnant they said i was 10 weeks when in fact i was 7 weeks because he counted my last period.
2006-09-04 16:58:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋