Bad Dates?

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I have read a great deal of the achived threads on the medical professionals forum and this forum, as well. I have seen numerous references to "bad dates." I have seen physicians posting to each other saying, "Her dates were off." And I have seen physicians answering women's posts with, "If your dates are off...."

We women don't have any other method of estimating dut date than the one you gave us. Due dates are estimated using the date of the LMP. If you ask a woman what that date was and she tells you what that date was, maybe you ought to give her the benefit of the doubt. If EFW by either ultrasound, fundal height, palpation, or just your best guess disagrees with the dates, why do you immediately assume that the dates are incorrect? Do you actually think that your patient is confused as to when she had to deal with blood, pads, tampons, cramps, and irritability???

A period is not exactly something you just forget happened. It's uncomfortable, to say the least. If women are so easily confused as to when they have periods, how in the world do they know when their period is LATE?

I know there are women with irregular cycles, but the vast majority are very capable of telling you truthfully when they last menstruated. If a baby seems to be too big or too small or you have a patient who is past her due date, please don't just assume that her dates are wrong. Maybe, just maybe, she's just like everyone else in this world.......unique!

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Sarah Wilson
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