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Re: Jackie Re: 7wks or 5 wks pregnant? No heartbeat on u/s
From: Jackie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 10 Jul 2001 09:25:44 -0500 (CDT)
Oh! I thought you were sure you had a late May-early June per. &
conceived in June, but if your husband wasn't there, I guess you didn't!
So I guess you will have a due date much earlier than mine, b/c my March
9 came from conception from around June 16. So, now you're ahead!
--Jackie
At Mon, 9 Jul 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>At Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Jackie wrote:
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>>Strange! Listen: My last period was June 2nd! So my due date is 1
>>earlier than yours..March 9th! Now, I was told today that I am 5 weeks,
>>2 days pregnant (you're 5 weeks, 1 day). So, the fetus (mine and yours)
>>is apprx. 3 weeks. I have no idea where your 7 came from. Don't worry
>>about no heartbeat..my dr. does not test early in order to avoid false
>>alarms. In fact, she won't even check until July 25th. Good luck! I'll
>>be thinking of you. I've been a nervous wreck b/c I've had 2 failed
>>preg's, and this is the first time things have looked good! Good luck on
>>the 20th!!
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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:
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>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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