Due Dates!!?

Question

When you get your sonogram and they give you the estimate due date, how many actually happened on that day?

Answer 1

I think it depends on your doctor. I told my doctor I knew my conception date and he completely ignored me and used the date of my last cycle and calculated a due date that was almost 3-weeks too early. I from the start was saying I was due about March 6th. Two weeks after his calculated date he wanted to force delivery and I refused to allow him. My daughter delivered on exactly March 6th at just under 8-lbs.

Answer 2

Something you gotta remember with sonograms is, they are not God. lol! It's not an exact science and neither is going off of your last period considering that some women have one period when they first get pregnant, which I think I do. My daughter's due date was Oct 9th, she was born Oct 5th, and when she came the doctor looked at her (she was almost 9lbs) and said that she should have been delivered two weeks before that. So they messed up her due date by over two weeks. They did the same thing with my son and now this is my third, I know I am farther along than they are saying. Based on my history my babies are small for the first two trimesters and then grow rapidly in the last one. They go off of the size of the baby to determine your due date. Considering that all women and all babies are different I can't see how accurate that would be. OK, so a lot of women fit that mold, but we don't all and I really hate when doctors argue with you and insist that the piece of metal knows your body better than you do lol. I think that it's really close to a 50/50 thing it works for some women and not for others. Here's hoping you get lucky! My step mom had both of her kids on her due date but I hear that rarely ever happens.

Answer 3

Your due date is called "Estimated Due Date" for a reason. They can only guess when your baby will be born. A full term human pregancy is 36-42 weeks long. Anything after 42 weeks is dangerous because the placenta breaks down so you generally wont go more than 2 weeks past your EDD. They will generally let you delever any time after 36 weeks. Most dr's will agree to induce you if your cervix is ripe and you are already in prelabor if you are 39 weeks. The adverage human pregnancy is aprox 40 weeks. So for instance for me

My EDD is Feb 27th
I can have the baby "safely" according to my dr any time after Jan 29th and I wont go past March 13th. So I will have my baby between Jan 29th and March 13th. With 40 weeks being Feb 27th.

HTH

Answer 4

They call it an estimated due date cause the doctors dont know themselves. Your better off guessing what day you feel the baby is going to come and more than likely you will be right.

My due date for my son was October 12 but I knew he would come on the 7th and he did. He will be 1 this Sat.

Answer 5

I have heard of a couple due dates happening as planed. It depends on the information you give your doctor. They use that information to determine the full term of the baby. then its up to the baby. Some don't want to ever come out and I don't blame them.

If you can give them the exact conception date and time the doctor can more accurately determine the due date.

Answer 6

Not many actually, they are going on an estimate as they say. A great book with tons of facts that helped when my kids were on the way was
"What to expect, when expecting".... Not sure of the author, but an excellent book.. :)

Answer 7

My little sister was born on her due date. May 27th 1992. She is 14 years old.

Answer 8

Like one in a million!!!! Due dates are hard to calculate! They are almost never right on the money.

Answer 9

the accuracy declines with the age of the baby
if ur periods have been regular b4 the pregnancy, use the date of the last period to know the due date
this might be helpful:
http://parenting.ivillage.com/pregnancy/calendar

Answer 10

If I remember right its 5%