PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for July, 2001: Re: Jackie Re: 7wks or 5 wks pregnant? No heartbeat on u/s

Re: Jackie Re: 7wks or 5 wks pregnant? No heartbeat on u/s

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Mon, 9 Jul 2001 20:13:35 -0500 (CDT)

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It is very confusing as they start counting on the first day of your LMP, so the first two weeks of pregnancy are actually before you even conceive! If you would have conceived in the middle of May, you would be more like almost 9 weeks. With my first baby, I conceived on June 16th (exactly as it was via IUI) and was due on March 8th so it sounds like your doctor is assuming you conceived in June, not May. But that would place you in the 5 week range, which is too early to see a heartbeat on u/s.

Do you know if your doc got the dates off the u/s measurement or based it purely on your LMP? If you had an irregular cycle, they should go on the u/s measurement. Particularly if there is no way you could have conceived in June (no sex).

Good luck to you. I wouldn't worry about the heartbeat at this point. I would, however, find out how they came up with your dates.

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>Hi Jackie thanks for your replay this is all new to me especailly the
>way they calculate pregnancy dates, very confusing.
>
>I believe my dr. calculated my weeks of pregnancy based on the
>following information:
>
>1. I did not have sex at all in June 2001 (husband commutes to job
>out-of-state).
>
>2. My Last Menstrual "Period" started on 6.3.01. And was unusual for
>me, started several days early, very painful, lots of cramping, stopped
>after 2 days, skipped a day started again very lightly for 1 day, so it
>was shorter also. Dr. told me this probably wasn't a period. I'm
>guessing it was just bleeding caused from the fertilized egg implanting.
>
>3. My May period started on May 8th and in the 3rd & 4th week in May
>had sex, so I'm guessing that's when I conceived.
>
>But, since my dr. said today I'm 7weeks pregnant (5 week old fetus)
>shouldn't he have estimated the due date Feb, 24, 2001 not March 10,
>2001?

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