How many weeks? Need to know because of travelling. First time.

[Alf1106]

Hello,

I found out I was pregnant last week. According to my flow app I'm 7 weeks today, according to online calculators I'm 6 weeks and according my my doctors I'm 5 weeks?!

I'm travelling to Spain next week and I'd like to have as much information as possible prior to travelling.

I had mild cramping from the date of my missed period (last Tuesday) until last night but I've woken up and its stopped.

I was thinking about heading to the early pregnancy unit to get everything check but I don't want to waste their time. I also feel as though I'm about to come on?!

Please help, this is my first pregnancy and its all come as a bit of a shock. x

When was your last period?

Mild cramping is completely normal in early pregnancy so don’t worry too much about that.

In terms of dates, until you have your dating scan at ~12 weeks, the first day of your last period counts as day 1 of your pregnancy so however many weeks ago that was is how pregnant you are.

The first date of my last period was 17th July. x

So that makes you 6 weeks pregnant. The days of your last period is the date the midwives work from to book your 12 week dating scan. If the scan suggests you’re further/not as far along than that then they'll Change your due date to match.