How accurate are dating scans?

[Arimeh]

Have you booked with a midwife yet? She's very likely to go with the 'better' date given your history, I would think. I told mine the same thing - 6 days difference and wanted the later date since I was induced at 42 weeks last time. She agreed that would be sensible.

The midwife down here didn't want me to get in touch until I was 16 weeks. However, there is a chance we *might* be moving back to Queensland in January, so I have also been in contact with my old OB on the Sunny Coast - and she is really supportive, however, don't know how willing she would be to go with my dates - ITMS?

[onthefly]

Well if you end up moving, maybe just only tell her one date...?

[Arimeh]

But she'd see the date on the dating scan report - unless I don't give it to her...

[entreat]

My scan-dates were only a max of two days of the calculated dates, and the further the pregnancy progressed, the less that happened. At 20 weeks, and 35 weeks, Jack was spot on for dates. Didn't stop him being late - but that could have had more to do with me (??dodgy pelvis?) than him.

[Michelle71]

Tell her it got lost in transit - or you didn't have one Could you have ovulated late / early?? I did with DS2. Really, really early positive POAS but I know when we conceived (and where ) so it was a later ovulation despite fertile signs earlier (twice in the cycle). My scan dates were 6 days later than my original dates.

[Arimeh]

Could you have ovulated late / early?? I did with DS2.

Hmmm. Ok, well my CD 14 would have been on the Tuesday, and we DTD on a sunday I think (from memory, it feels like it was a sunday) so that would have been CD12 and I definitely had EWCM. Thats the only time we DTD for that cycle (lucky we got to do it once really)... so does that mean it would be taken into account, meaning its out by only 2 days?

My head is spinning.. LOL

HJ - thanks

[hj1981]

OH MY GOSH MEL are you pregnant again!!! how could i miss this??? sorry! and CONGRATS!!!!!