i thought i was 6 weeks this week! however when i went to he doctor during a obgyn he estimated me to be 9week

Question

how is that possible? i mean he like stuck his finger in me(grosS!) pushed down on my stomach and said i should be about 9 weeks! i told him i didint think i was that far along but, so he scheduled an ultra sound on may 12! ...the reason i didint think i was that far along was because i actually got a period on march 11..it was light but it was a period! ...do u think the babis grwoing fast? or could it be 2?

Answer 1

The doctors always add 2 weeks. I dont totally understand the reasoning behind it. I know it has something to do with the cycle and conception timing. It confused me too. That's probably where two of the weeks came from that he is counting. So your doctor might not be as off as you think.

Answer 2

That timing sounds a bit strange (if it was a complete 4 weeks that would sound more reasonable) - looks like the doc could be trying to date the pregnancy by the size of your uterus? There is a substantial difference between a uterus at 6 weeks and 9 weeks however it depends on your build as to how reliable a bimanual pelvic exammination can be (I once saw a doctor incorrectly estimate a pregnancy because the patient had a full bladder! go figure), and also whether it is a mulifetal gestation.

The ultrasound should be able to tell you more, during the first 12 weeks they are very reliably accurate.

Sorry doc mika above, but I've never worked with a doctor who has "always added 2 weeks" to a pregnancy - a pregnancy, as the poster has rightly noted, is usually dated from the first day of the patients last period plus 280 days, not the date of conception. If the patient's LMP was March 11 that would place her at 6 3/7 weeks - her own estimate.

Answer 3

The same thing happened to me,at first the doctor told me I
was 7 weeks then the next month he said I was 3 months,well sense I had been skipping my period every other month for a year I didn't no when I conceived so I had to go by what the doc.said.
I was happy I was going to have the baby sooner then I thought I was.Well my due date rolls along and nothing.The doctor said it's pretty common to go over.Here comes the second week mean while I can't hardly walk because my feet are so swollen.The third week comes and I go to the doctors
like always. he examined me and said I'll be seeing you tonight.I heard the nurse say he broke a membrane to start the labor. I went in to labor around 4:00pm that day had the baby at 3:00am the next day which meant I was 3 weeks late
but not really,not if he would of stuck to his first due date.I sure hope you don't go through what I went through because it was a nightmare. GOOD LUCK!!

Answer 4

He basing his estimation on the size of your uterus. A uterus that is 6 weeks pregnant is smaller than a 9 week uterus.

There are multiple reasons.

1. You have have a larger uterus then most women, it could be due to fibroids or anatomical variation.

2. You may be further along. Even though your period was on March 11, you could have ovulated March 14 or 15. When we date a pregnancy based your last period, we assume 28 day cycles and thus in your case, we would expect ovulation on March 25, but it could always happen earlier. That's why we always "add" two weeks to your pregnancy. It's really only 38weeks long.

3. Also, if your period was light, it could be that you had implantation bleeding and thus could be a whole month further along than you think.

4. And yes, you could have twins, triplets, quads or quints!

PS, In all my years of practice, I've never heard of "double ovulation" where a woman releases eggs like someone here described. Of course a woman can release 2, 3, 4 or more eggs.

***Sorry Sydney, you are wrong. Everyone adds two weeks to a pregnancy. Your menstrual period marks the "start" of your pregnancy, but you usually ovulate two weeks later. So technically, you've been pregnant for two weeks before you've even released an egg. Better go back and check your "Elementary Obstetrics" text book.***

Answer 5

Only sure way to tell is an ultrasound. You can get implantation bleeding which, for some women, is like a period. It occurs when the fertilised egg implants into the lining of your uterus. The baby won't be growing any faster than normal so it's possible you're more pregnant than you thought. You'll soon know pretty precisely on May 12! Congratulations.

Answer 6

i don't think the dr can really tell how far along you are without an ultrasound. i think he is giving an educated guess. with the ultrasound they can determine age in relation to size.
i had twins, and found this out with an ultrasound at 11 weeks. i thought this was about right.
as for a period, depending how "light" it was makes a difference. you can have a bit of bleeding at the time that the egg attaches to the uterine wall. this happened to me and i thought it was a period also, but it wasn't enough to be one of my periods, so i took the 3rd pregger test and it came out positive (along with the next 3)

Answer 7

you could be further on and the light period you have may have actually been an implantation bleed.
you wont know defiantly until the ultrasound as this will measure the baby and is very accurate so just hang in there you'll know soon enough.
congrats

Answer 8

I'm just going to second "Mika's" statements, he covered most of the salient points.

I would say from reading some of the answers, I would tell from my 20 years of practicing Obstetrics and numerous papers published, there is no such thing as "Double Ovulation".

XXXXXXX Sydney XXXXXXX, you better go back and look up pregnancy dating. Initially, we date pregnancy based on the LMP even though most women ovulate 2 weeks later. So Mika is right, two weeks are generally added to the "actual" length of pregnancy.

Answer 9

the same thing happened to me ,sometimes we can still get a period and be pregnant , they told me i was 6 weeks when i thought i was just 3 but i was a week late anyway , so i thought i was right , you will see on may 12th because they can tell how big the fetus is , good luck

Answer 10

When was The last time you had your period before the 11th and is this your first time being pregnant? You can spot through out your whole pregnancy. also if you have been pregnant before your uterus will become larger faster in your second than it did in your first.