PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for June, 2001: Re: Confused about due date

Re: Confused about due date

From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 30 Jun 2001 13:41:32 -0500 (CDT)

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At Sat, 30 Jun 2001, Josie wrote: >
>I have a question regarding my due date. To start off with I had an IUD
>surgically removed since it was very stubborn. After the operation I
>was bleeding in between periods. I went and had it checked out on
>December 8th of last year (2000), the doctor looked at my uterus via
>ultrasound and said everything looked good. She also told me that I was
>ovulating. The next day I had sex with my husband and found out we
>where pregnant.
>I went to the doctor and had my first ultrasound that gave an EDD of
>August 31st. In the next few months my due date was changed, for
>reasons unknown to me, my due date now is August 13th. I had an AFP, GD
>and level II ultrasound based on this new date of August 13th. The
>level II ultrasound revealed (according to the baby's measurements) that
>the due date of August 13th was right on.
>I recently found this mistake and took it up with my doctors office. My
>doctor is out of town and the nurse practioners do not know why she
>changed my due date. I don't know why this is bothering me so much, it
>just is.
>Can anyone tell me why my dates might have been changed when we knew the
>exact day of conception? If the date of conception was December 9th what
>is my true due date?
>Thank You,
>
>--
>Josie
>

Josie

I will not even attempt to tackle this one. I suggest you take it up with your doc when he returns.

--
William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
Editorial Advisor-Pregnancy and Birth
Private Practice
New Orleans, La.

*Please understand I can not respond to private emails.

*These comments are for educational purposes only.  They are
not meant to take the place of an examination by a qualified
health care provider.  They are not intended to be the start
of a physician-patient relationship.

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