i was given a due date but am sure that they got the dates wrong by six weeks. is this possible?
2006-11-05 04:39:14 · 17 answers · asked by ndp1 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Talk to your midwife, 6 weeks out is a lot. Surely then baby is far too big/small.
Mine were out by about 4 days, and they would not amend them as it was less than a week.
Good luck.
2006-11-05 06:53:50 · answer #1 · answered by FUGAZI 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You dont say how far into the pregnacy you are....
If this is your first scan, then dont worry too much as you'll have another at 20 wks, you can ask them to check the dates then.
If your convinced that the dates are wrong then ask your midwife about a second scan to ensure that the dates are correct as yes, an inexperianced person could get them wrong.
Good luck and try not to worry.
2006-11-09 03:38:44 · answer #2 · answered by jojo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think they can be that far out. A week maybe, but a baby develops an awful lot during six weeks. A dating scan measures the baby in many different ways to give a fairly accurate age, your baby would be much bigger/smaller if there was six weeks difference.
2006-11-05 07:00:28 · answer #3 · answered by Sam B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An ultrasound done very early on in pregnancy (first trimester) is fairly accurate as the embryo does not vary that greatly in size when it's that small. The later the ultrasound is done, the more variance there is in the size of the fetus and thus the less accurate the ultrasound dating is.
2006-11-05 05:30:26 · answer #4 · answered by Poppan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the dates of your last period can be off (you can have some spotting that you thought was a period in your first month), the child can be large (thats what happened to me) and the baby can just take longer or shorter than the average nine months. The baby comes when it is ready, not by anyone elses calendar.
2006-11-05 04:43:15 · answer #5 · answered by fancyname 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The dates are determine by the size of the baby. So the dates are estimates only.
2006-11-05 04:47:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes this can happen especially if at the time of the scan the baby is lying in the wrong position and dont be surprised if they get the sex wrong either as these do happen and nothing is 100%
2006-11-05 05:23:19 · answer #7 · answered by wayno1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please dont rely on awnsers here, merely use them in addition to what you get told from the hospital.
Call the Marie Stopes Clinic, as well as your local Midwifes dept. They will be the best source of unbiased information. Good Luck, and enjoy your pregnancy, it is an amazing thing to expeience.
2006-11-05 04:42:37 · answer #8 · answered by Dawson_Heights_Babe 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at my first scan i was told my due date was the the 5th of nov my baby came on the 4th of dec and i was told he was2 weeks late so yes anything is possible,the baby will come when its ready .this was my third baby also.dont worry you will be fine
2006-11-07 11:45:18 · answer #9 · answered by CHRISTOPHER B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is what happened to me, I found out that I was pregnant with my second and yet they couldnt find the baby on the ultrasound, so they moved my date from the 3rd to the 10th, turns out my child wasnt grow right and I had to terminate, get another ultrasound and demand to hear the heart beat
2006-11-05 05:22:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋