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01-10-2013 at 3:06 PM
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ultrasound accurate to day?

According to my LMP I was told my due date would be August 28th but when I got the ultrasound two days ago the tech said with such certainty "five weeks and six days" which puts me back at September 3rd, which means I'm not quite far along as I thought it was. Are ultrasounds really accurate to the day the day like that? Or is it just an educated guess? She said it with confidence I'm not sure. I went back to my doctor and she said she was going by LMP. I'm so confused, which one is more accurate?

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01-10-2013 at 3:08 PM
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u/s is more accurate. if you go by LMP its assumed you ovulated on cd14. which most people dont. they are within a week of each other so you are fine. go by your dr date.

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01-10-2013 at 3:09 PM
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The u/s is more accurate. Your LMP does not take into account when you ovulated. Case in point : according to my LMP I would be due on Sept 13th, which would put me at 4wk 6days today, however I chart, and know that I did not ovulate until CD19 which puts me at a Sept 17th due date, and that is what I am expecting my first u/s to reflect. 


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01-10-2013 at 3:28 PM
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According to my LMP I would be due Aug 14th. I was charting my temps and ovulated on CD 20. I knew my due date would be pushed back. After the ultrasound, it was changed to Aug 20th. Which makes sense. You probably ovulated later. Ultrasounds are more accurate.

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01-10-2013 at 3:29 PM
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I would say ultrasound based on my personal experience..If I went by my LMP, I would be due on 7/9, instead I am due on 7/24...I had crazy periods and guess I ovulated late.  In the beginning, they thought I might have an ectopic because nothing showed up on US at 6 wks. 3 days and I was having right sided pain..All is well now but it sure changed my due date!


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01-10-2013 at 3:33 PM
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purplepeanut6:
u/s is more accurate. if you go by LMP its assumed you ovulated on cd14. which most people dont. they are within a week of each other so you are fine. go by your dr date.

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01-10-2013 at 3:40 PM
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I agree with PPs. If I went off my LMP I would be due June 28, but 2 different u/s confirm my EDD of July 21.

But in all honesty, its just an *estimated* due date. The baby will come when the baby is ready. Most 1st time moms go past their due dates. Some go early. Babies are rarely born on their due date. 

So I'm mostly saying sometime toward the end of July for me.

 


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01-10-2013 at 4:00 PM
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Silv3rlining:

I agree with PPs. If I went off my LMP I would be due June 28, but 2 different u/s confirm my EDD of July 21.

But in all honesty, its just an *estimated* due date. The baby will come when the baby is ready. Most 1st time moms go past their due dates. Some go early. Babies are rarely born on their due date. 

So I'm mostly saying sometime toward the end of July for me.

This exactly - the window for baby's birth is really the two weeks before and two weeks after the due date.  38 weeks and on is considered full term, and so few babies are born right on their due date.  Of course this is a statistic I quote because I hear it, but my daughter was actually born on her due date.  Netted me some free swag from Sears due to a promotion they had at the time where you register your EDD and if you have your baby on that date, you get stuff.  Was fantastic!

I'm an "odd-ovulator" myself, I tend to ovulate early, between CD10-12.  Based on my LMP my baby is due Sept. 1, but based on when I know I ovulated (I charted everything) we're due on Aug. 29.  The ultimate due date really is just a number though, it's nothing to stress about.


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01-10-2013 at 4:42 PM
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Silv3rlining:

I agree with PPs. If I went off my LMP I would be due June 28, but 2 different u/s confirm my EDD of July 21.

But in all honesty, its just an *estimated* due date. The baby will come when the baby is ready. Most 1st time moms go past their due dates. Some go early. Babies are rarely born on their due date. 

But it is important to know your actual date, especially if it is hugely different from your LMP due date, so that you don't get pushed into an induction too early.

If you went off just LMP, they'd be pushing you to induce when were actually only 39 weeks.



 
01-10-2013 at 5:50 PM
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I orginally thought my due date would be August 18 based off of my first day of my last period but went for my first appointment yesterday and had an ultrasound and the Dr. said I was measuring at exactly 7 weeks which made my due date August 29. I may have ovulated late for the difference in dates, but I feel confident with the ultrasound.

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01-10-2013 at 6:48 PM
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Actually most of the responses on here so far have been wrong.  :)  Both dates are probably not right "to the day".  At 6 weeks an u/s cannot detect to the day with certainty.  I believe it's give or take a week in either direction, actually.  If you were to have moved, if the baby had moved, if the tech had moved the wand during the measurements the date would be different. 

However, LMP is not always right, either.  Some women ovulate earlier and others later than CD14 which is what the LMP is going off of.  Some ovulate much later, like CD30 or more which makes LMP over two weeks off.  The best way to tell how far along you are is knowing when you ovulated, but if you don't have that info the second best way is the NT or Anatomy scans which are more accurate since they typically take measurements of several things over a longer period of time to get a better idea of what's going on in there, basically.  

At the stage you're at, to figure out when you can expect the baby take the latest due date you've been given and add two weeks to it, and you can expect the baby to come sometime in that window.  Most places won't let you go over 42 weeks so you likely won't go past that.


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01-12-2013 at 7:42 AM
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msspeedymarie:
Silv3rlining:

I agree with PPs. If I went off my LMP I would be due June 28, but 2 different u/s confirm my EDD of July 21.

But in all honesty, its just an *estimated* due date. The baby will come when the baby is ready. Most 1st time moms go past their due dates. Some go early. Babies are rarely born on their due date. 

But it is important to know your actual date, especially if it is hugely different from your LMP due date, so that you don't get pushed into an induction too early.

If you went off just LMP, they'd be pushing you to induce when were actually only 39 weeks.



Mobile Bumping. But yes you're correct about knowing the more accurate date to avoid early induction. Hence why I'm thinking late July for myself EDD is 21st after 2 u/s, 1 at 5w3d and 1 at 11w4d.

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