I am Spewing!!!

[Feijoa Mum]

I had a dating scan done with this pregnancy as I had bleeding early on so was sent off to check it out.
I 100% know that my LMP was 23 May 2009 as I had been following them for the last three months and had written the dates down in my diary. This giving me a EDD of 27 Feb 2010.

So off for the scan and it was very early and nearly didnt pick up the heartbeat plus it was not an internal scan so not exactly the most accurate but it gave me an EDD of 7 Mar 2010.

Was not happy because I knew my period date was bang on. Fast forward to my NT scan and was told she had big date discrepancies. I told her where I had the dating scan done and she was like "oh I see, we have had some big differences compared to them on quite a few occasions" she gave me 25 Feb 2010. I was stoked with this as it was inline with my period dates.
When I had my first hospital appt the Dr was happy to take my NT date as he said it was likely to be more accurate because the first scan was not an internal one,the crown rump length was given as "approximately" 6weeks and I was so sure about my dates.

So all along I have been following the 25th as being my due date. Today however the midwife tells me she is going to have to check up on this because they always go by the dating scan and more likely this is the date they will use!The 7 of March WTF!!!!!
That gives me another 9 days plus my history of going overdue i am spewing.
I burst into tears and told her what the Dr (who unfortunately has now left) had said etc, why cant she just leave it as everyone has been happy with it but she is going to check and ring me back tommorrow.
Not friggen happy I tell ya. She did say that they would not let me go past the 7th but that still seems like so far away.

[thepixie]

oh babe, that must be so awful, and seem like such a long time right now, especially with the suspense you're feeling too.
Hopefully the doctor will tell her where to stick it and they can stick to your original due date

[Tanya]

I know it seems like a lot of difference, but I would go with the later date. If you have a history of going over 40 weeks the later date will give you some breathing space before they begin threatening induction and you don't want your little one undercooked before they force her to evacuate

I am sure this is very stressful for you, but I am sure bub will come when she is ready regardless of EDD (I hate EDDs btw, I think they cause unnecessary pressure on mum and bub).

(((hugs)))
Tanya

[Ree*Ree]

Aaargh how frustrating for you!! It annoyed me so much too when the doctor's never listened to me when i was telling them how long my cycles and LP's were - i could print months of charts off from fertility friend, but they still insist on using their 'high-tech' spinny wheel with an average 28 day cycle
well - here's hoping that the middy rings back with the right dates!!

[~me~]

Oh! Fingers crossed you prove them all wrong and go by yourself on the earlier date

As Tanya said, at least you may have a chance of going by yourself if they have the later date recorded.

It's been a bit of a roller coaster you this one
I am sure your little baby will be here before you know it.

[AliBaby]

I would think that the LMP date would be the most accurate if you def knew when it was. how frustrating!

[Inertia]

but they still insist on using their 'high-tech' spinny wheel with an average 28 day cycle

I know exactly what you mean there - my cycles were 25 days so that thing was always wrong.

allboys - its beyond frustrating when they simply refuse to listen isnt it? I know its a bit late now but this is why I avoided doctors until I was about 20 weeks. The pressure you are put under because of some of this stuff is horrible.

However I was more than willing to take the latter date myself. My LMP and short cycles gave me the 26th of June Being a girl I knew I could add up to 4 days to that and came up with the 30th. They did one ultrasound ad decided from the femur length I was 23wks along which put me at Mid July. I had a clearly overcooked baby with a jellied placenta on the 11th. She was just tiny putting their ridiculous dating well off the mark. But at least no one was trying to force my baby from my womb before she was ready.

Take heart - I know its at that point where you are over it and you want it over with and this wont make much of a difference but you know she will come out when she is ready. She'll probably be out before the 7th anyway.

[Mad Scientist]

This happened to me. I was sure that my Edd was 29th Jan, dating scan said 9 feb, nt scan said 28 Jan, 20 week scan said 29 Jan and 36 week scan for GD said mid Jan but they still insisted that 9 feb was the one we would go with. I was kinda happy because it meant I got longer before they would induce me. In the end though dd1 came four weeks early (almost six weeks early going by their dates!) so she fooled the lot of us (I still know that my LMP was the right date though). In the end bub will come when she wants to. The waiting is a killer though x Good luck x

[Rivlas]

This happened to me when I was expecting DD1. I knew to the date when I fell pregnant but when I had a scan it gave a later date. The Dr dismissed my date but I stuck to my date and he then said we would work with both dates and see what happened.
She was induced on the date I had and if I had waited longer there was every likely hood she would not have survived.
The scans are only a estimation as every child is different in their growth pattern

[Feijoa Mum]

Well the big wig Hospital OB rung me today and asked how sure I was about my dates. I said 150% and explained I was following them and I have the date I got a +opk and I even wrote down the date I had what I now know was an implantation bleed.
He was happy with this and said obviously in this case it is better to go with the 2nd scan date.
The midwife rung back about half an hour later and said that I was a huge topic of debate this morning and thats why the big guns were called in.
Basically there was no documentation done on what was discussed between the Dr and I originally, so they all got a huge rev up on there note slackness and that scan procedures needed to be looked at as a more case by case basis instead of a general rule.
Woohoo go me! All that for sticking up for myself a bit.
And the midwife said to come in on Monday morning she will make time for me to have the stretch and sweep to see if we can get things going.
Happy Happy camper today

[Traveller]

I am really please for you, well done for fighting your corner. Hopefully documentation will be better in your hospital from here on in as a result.

Best of luck for the sweep

T
xx

[~me~]

That's wonderful news...

Hope the S & S goes well and get's things moving for you.
I have my fingers crossed that everything goes to plan for you from start to when you are holding your little one in your arms.

Look forward to hearing news

[fourthontheway]

How upsetting. I agree with Tanya, keep your own due date in your mind and let them put down 7/3. You know when you are due, who cares what they write on a piece of paper

If it's any consolation my best friend was told what her due date was, and it was so wildly inaccurate that it meant her conception had occurred when her husband was in Africa Fortunately her husband had a sense of humour