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Confusion with my due dates

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jarvo84 · 21/03/2012 09:00

Hello,
Just wondering if anyone could help me out with trying to figure this out...

My periods have been quite irregular for the last six months, so I'm unsure of how long my cycle is. The first day of my last period was 17th February, and it was quite short. We're 99% sure we conceived on either the 24th or the 25th of February as that's when we stopped using birth control; I had some light spotting on the 28th and 29th Feb and started feeling sick, hot and tired on 31st Feb (which is when we started thinking, "Really? This soon?"). A Clear Blue digital gave a '1-2 weeks' reading on the 9th March.

I've played around with the due date calculators online. On a regular 28 day cycle, it brings up 23rd November as a due date, saying we would have conceived on 2nd March. But by this date, I was already having a lot of very early pregnancy symptoms. So, then I put in a cycle of 21 days and that brought up conception date of 24th Feb, which fits in with when we think we conceived. This brings up the 16th of November.

I know it doesn't really matter, as I'm sure once we've seen the midwife etc., it'll all get more definite. But I'm sure you know what it's like - I'm just eager to know as much as I can at this stage. It doesn't make much difference, just whether I can classify myself as 7, 6 or 5 weeks pregnant!

Many thanks in advance for any help!

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Lucylucy57 · 21/03/2012 09:05

Not sure if I can be much help but I also had a similar confusion when I found out I was pregnant. I was convinced of the conception date as I had been charting but then doctors use the system of 'first day of last period' etc which changed my due date calculations again. Then my date was brought forwards by an entire week when I had my 12week scan so that gave me another new date! Im not sure that its ever an exact science - for a control freak like me its hard to accept! Im totally expecting my baby to be later than my current due date.

Hpbp · 21/03/2012 09:20

31st Feb ? are you sure ? never heard of this date in the calendar before :)
apart from that, I had the same pb and nobody could say for sure what the due date was... even with the scan, that was 4 years ago maybe since equipment has improved and you might find out more accurately later.
Just get ready for the first due date
Congratulations BTW

jarvo84 · 21/03/2012 10:09

Haha, I'm not sure how I managed that! 3rd March I meant... Thanks anyway both of you - I think I should just be patient and wait for the scan.

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