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Re: Bad Dates?

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Fri, 28 Jun 2002 08:47:07 -0500 (CDT)

At Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Sarah wrote: >
>A question for the doctors:
>
>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!
>
>--
>Sarah Wilson
>Gentle Birth Warrior
>

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my periods are irregular my last period was april6, i have been trying to get pregnant scince december of last year
i have a 3 year old but it took me six months to get pregnantof the 3 year old.



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