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11-29-2012 at 3:51 PM
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"Weeks of Gestation" ??

I'm still a bit confused on the timeline of pregnancy, as there seems to be no universal way of talking about it.  I'm constantly wondering, "do they mean days/weeks since my last period, or days/weeks since ovulation/conception?".  I got my beta results back today and it was 229.  From what I'm reading this is normal for 4 "weeks of gestation", but I don't know what that means.  Does "gestation" mean the actual time I've been pregnant?  Or does it mean the amount of time since my last period.  We conceived about 2 weeks and 2 days ago, by my LMP was about 5 weeks ago. Any help cracking this code is much appreciated!

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11-29-2012 at 3:57 PM
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I'm guessing they mean 4 weeks of gestation = 4 weeks since LMP.  

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11-29-2012 at 4:22 PM
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"Gestation" is the duration of pregnancy. They start counting weeks from the first day of your LMP.

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11-29-2012 at 4:26 PM
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Every freaking day.

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11-29-2012 at 4:36 PM
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Try google

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11-29-2012 at 4:44 PM
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meimsx:
Every freaking day.

Yes LOL


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11-29-2012 at 4:59 PM
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meimsx:
Every freaking day.
Still better than the "4 weeks = 1 month" people that think pregnancy is 10 months...
11-29-2012 at 5:44 PM
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Finally!  Out of confusion comes clarity: http://www.betabase.info/  Measuring from DPO makes so much more sense (and is WAY more accurate) than LMP.  

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11-29-2012 at 7:40 PM
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JJ+1:
Finally!  Out of confusion comes clarity: http://www.betabase.info/  Measuring from DPO makes so much more sense (and is WAY more accurate) than LMP.  

It doesn't matter. Just pretend your LMP was 14 days before you ovulated. I had a long cycle and know I ovulated at day 24, but I'm not going to spend the next 8 months telling people how by LMP my due day is July 24, but by O it's August 4... I just moved my dates to what physically is true.

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