What gestation did you give birth?

Yes it would have been 38+5 by my own dates although weirdly I haven’t thought about it like that until now.

My dates measured up with size of baby, gave birth at 42weeks after 3 failed inductions

My due dates were way off about birth dates.

DD1 due 25th June, born 7th July - induction. Still don’t know when she was conceived.

DD2 due 12th September born 28th September - induction. Was sure of dates and NHS matched ovulation day.

Was disappointed not to ever experience going into labour naturally but I’m convinced my body either doesn’t know how to do it or I have longer than normal pregnancies. My cervix is always high, don’t progress quickly and labour is long and painful.

Felt some pressure to be induced. Held out for longer with my second. There was no hounding though, I had a very calm sensible conversation with a doctor who informed me of the potential dangers of going over 42 weeks. I said I wanted to wait another couple of days but then lost my nerve and went in for induction. Interesting, the doctor I spoke to said she had delivered babies at 43/44 weeks but didn’t recommend it. Think my 2nd would have probably been an October baby but I couldn’t cope with the ‘what ifs’. Incidentally, my placenta with my second was heathy looking and baby coild have stayed in for longer according to midwife.

Both of my pregnancies were dated a week later than I thought I was due (a more inexact science in those days but I was fairly certain of ovulation even so). First baby born at 40+13, second at 40+8. Both still had vernix.

I was given 2 dates as to when my son would be born. My GP told me to prepare the nursery for some time in October, whilst the hospital predicted that I'd give birth on September 8.
He was actually born on September 3, 1991, meaning that, according to the hospital, I was 39 weeks and 5 days when my son was born.

DD - Due 10 May, gave birth 17th May
DS - Due 9 July, gave birth 4 July
no issues with either birth, labour was approx 5/6 hours both times.

I was in this exact situation. Due date moved forward by a week at the 12 week scan. I was 100% sure on conception date as there was only one option that month and I’d had early scans due to previous issues at 5 weeks and 6 weeks and all was on track at those, measuring behind at 5 weeks if anything. Like you, I was a bit concerned I’d be induced when they think I’m overdue but I’m not by my dates which I was 100% sure of.

Anyway I ended up giving birth at 39+5 NHS dates so maybe they were right. Still can’t work out how that would be possible though!

With my first I had been using bbt to track ovulation. I ovulated on day 26. So when we went for our first midwife appointment she asked for my lmp. Instead I showed her my tracker and we worked out when I’d ovulated so we used that as a guide to decide on my due date. When we went for my scans, the dates matched perfectly to my adjusted cycle. My waters broke in the early hours of my due date and he was born the next day.

With my second, she was an ivf baby so you’d think the dates would be super accurate. But the nhs 12 week scan changed my due date by a week (said I was 13 weeks when I knew I was only 12 weeks). From this point on, my baby always measured small for dates and I was induced at 38weeks as she’d slowed down growing (I had GD so this complicated matters). She was only 5lb 6oz, which matches with my original dates (so she was actually 37 weeks). But despite this, she caught up easily and is now 50th percentile in everything.

Hm. Can you get a midwife onside?

Good luck whatever happens.

It's frustrating OP, isn't it? I knew exactly the one day we had unprotected sex. From my period to the day prior, I had been on holiday with my parents, so absolutely no chance of "accidents" earlier that month. First scan put my dates forwards, and then second scan sent them forwards again. I kept raising this with the midwives, as I'd been moved forwards by about 10 days, but they really didn't care. I had an ELCS at 38w 6d, but I think I was closer to 36w, which did scare me. DD was fine, but on the small side. Long though, always has been.

Part of me does understand that many women either don't know, don't understand or have reasons to lie about conception, so medics need to be careful BUT I don't understand why they do not listen at all to concerns and insist you are mistaken. Surely it is a risk to the baby's health?

in your shoes I would explain ASAP that you know the date of conception and get the due date changed in your notes.

Being insistent many years ago almost certainly spared me being induced as I went well over even by my own (very precise) date. As it was I had a quick labour and a straightforward delivery.

And the baby was huge - which might have been why the sonographer's dates were out!

37+1 with DC1, induction. I believe I was only 36+1
38+1 with DC2, waters broke naturally, I believe I was bang on dates
Currently pregnant with our final DC and I’m 26+2 according to NHS dates - we conceived on fireworks night 100% - we only know for sure because DC2 was 7 months old and in his own room for the first time 🫣

40+6 for DD, although her original due date was the 10th (which made sense), then because of her measurements at the 20wk scan they put it back to the 5th. We were sure the 10th was the right one, and she was born on the 11th. On the 50th percentile for everything too so I'm not sure how she was measuring so big at 20wks! They made it sound like we had some gigantic baby on the way...

38+5 for DS. His due date also got changed but only from the 17th to the 18th, but obviously either of those made sense. He was in a hurry to be born though!

Women in my family seem to have long pregnancies, my mum did and so did my sister. I was 41+5 for my first, went into natural labour and 42 weeks for my second I was induced at that point. My dates where fairly solid as my periods where regular and I new when I conceived but they put my first pregnancy forward by two weeks. I was a bit baffled by that at the time as I would have conceived when I had already tested positive so I didn't really believe the dates the NHS gave me. They where more accurate with my second and aligned with my dates.

Sorry if I've missed this from a PP, but are you accounting for the fact that you are counted as 2 weeks pregnant at the time of conception @Madden21 ? Day 0 is the 1st day of your last period.

35+5, my waters went and 5 hours later he was out via emergency c section 🤣 first baby 6.6lbs