What is my actual due date? Confused!

[Iona1651]

Can anyone advise re. my actual due date please?

The first day of my last period was 27 September 2013. Based on this date, my EDD was 4 July 2014. However, when I went for my 12 week scan they changed this date to 28 June 2014.

The midwife now states I am overdue and yesterday tried to do a sweep, which she was unable to do. She wants to do another one on Monday and I am booked in for induction on 9 July next week.

Am I actually overdue or not?

i would say yes as the 12 week dating scan sets your due date, but not by much! but officially i guess you are, by about 5 days.

Can't answer but just wanted to show some sympathy as my LMP was 30.9.13 (which i was told made my EDD 4.7.14?!) but it got moved to 8.7 at my 12 week then back to 5.7 on my 20 week. Depends who I'm talking to- midwife, consultant- as to when my due date is!

As I was using OPKs I know I ovulated 14.10.13 so pretty sure I am now due and about to be overdue but midwife keeps saying "no need to worry" until we get to 8.7 as that was my 12 week "date". Basically I've decided they haven't got a bastard clue and am very fed up.

Hope you get some labour action soon OP.

Yes as the date at the nuchal scan takes precedence as its thought to be more accurate - good luck with it all

Thanks everyone for your replies. I know I don't feel due - if that's possible??! and my fiance, being a farmer's son, says I don't look due as I don't look like any of the pregnant sheep he's seen since being a kid! (i.e. baby not low enough). I keep going around baa-ing!! Good luck to everyone due this week - see you on the other side (and soon hopefully)!

My due date with my first was changed based on the 12 week scan, moved 6 days earlier. I think it's fairly common. DS was born on his original due date though.

They do use the date from the 12 week scan as it is believed to be more accurate - the lmp and the date you had intercourse don't tell you when actual conception took place. The LMP date doesn't take cycle length into account either.

But bear in mind that you don't have to be induced. You can ask for monitoring instead if you prefer. I did this with dd1, and gave birth to her at 40 + 16, by their dates - with no problems.

Thanks. I felt so ill on 1st & 2nd July I just wanted to get on with it so when the midwife asked if I wanted to be induced I just said yes. However, I'm feeling a lot better now, I think it was the hot weather making me feel ill. We're now at my mum's just in case baby decides to come as the roads around where we live are closed due to the Tour De France so we'll just go to the local hospital to mum's if baby decides to appear. We're getting married on 1st August 2014 so baby needs to appear so I can have my dress altered to fit as it doesn't at the mo! Will bear in mind re. being induced though as whatever is best for baby is most important than anything. xx

Just wanted to say that I have birth to a lovely little girl yesterday at exactly 40 weeks according to my LMP.

Well you could ask for your induction to be pushed back by a couple of days as the 9th is only 12 days past your due date. My midwife says it's usual to give 14 days past due date before inducing (unless there are other factors of course)

You have the right to change your mind about induction! Don't feel pressured into staying with the booked date as it is a couple of days before the usual 14. Read up on induction as there are side effects and it does put you into a high risk labour.

They moved my due date forward (earlier) by 5 days at my first scan, which I don't completely agree with (looking up my due date via "when did you have sex" puts it at a day later, I.e. The sonogram her thinks I conceived before sperm could have met egg...)
Now a day or so wouldn't normally matter, but I'm over 40 and therefore High Risk, so they tell me that they won't let me go over, and will induce on my due date. A few days' difference might mean I don't have a chance to labour naturally and I'm bothered about it becoming a medicalised experience. Dp is an anaesthetist in his day job and has worked in Obs, seen all the difficult cases (not the easy ones of course!).
Basically I just want a fair go at it before they start interfering :(

I think I'm having a boy as it's a lazy baby not wanting to come out and meet us!

I'll speak to the midwife tomorrow and take it from there.

Yes, getting married with a new born is crazy I know, but we had booked the wedding before we knew about the baby and I'd been having problems conceiving so we just decided to go ahead - you can't always plan life - I can't anyway - I don't do anything for years then do two major life events within a month/two weeks of each other!

So long as I don't have to have a C-section as I won't be able to drive and the wedding is on the East coast. We'll have family coming to help, small wedding, 35 people in day, 60 at night. I've made loads and loads of lists and we THINK we've got everything organised!

I've just decided, whatever happens, happens! My mum will have 2 weeks to alter my wedding dress if it doesn't fit, which is doesn't today, but it was too big when I bought is over 18 months ago - we'll just have to see!

I read an interesting study recently which found that the average gestation length is 38 weeks and 2 days from your date of ovulation. I've worked out that based on that my due date is 6 days later than my EDD. Obviously this only helps if you know your ov date but I thought it was useful. Hopefully I'll be able to use it if I end up getting pressured into induction.

That is interesting Eggletina, although I'm now 7 days over my EDD and I don't know my ov date. Good luck and hopefully you won't need to have an induction.