Due Date - Interesting fact from my Ob.
I am now overdue by about 9 days according to my due date and was meant to be induced today but decided against it. Waiting for baby to come naturally with support from our Ob. (provided he comes by Monday 17th otherwise we have agreed to induce).
When we had our appt yesterday I had reviewed my dates from basal temperature monitoring and discovered that my due date is more like 9 May rather than 3 May. I spoke to the Ob. about it and he told us that unless there is less than five days difference in dates (even when baby is an IVF baby and they know the exact date of conception) they use the ultrasound measurements and dates derived from this to determine the due date.
I didn't want to spend my whole appt discussing why this was so can't say any more but I was surprised by this fact.
Due Date - Interesting fact from my Ob.
It's normal but very frustrating! Dd1 was born at 34weeks when I thought she was closer to 36 going by my cycle. Our peadatricion agreed he said she didn't look or act like a 6 week premmie, she was closer to 4 weeks because she was such a fighter and got home in three weeks. He expected her to be in hospital for longer.
The ultrasound moved my date again with dd2 she almost arrived at 35 weeks but I thought I was further along. The same has happened again, so we are planning for a third early arrival. In my case it gives me a little bit more time before they intervene but I don't trust the early scans, I was charting with the first two so I knew when I had ovulated too.