The midwifes dating wheel

[danceintime]

I distinctly remember working out my dates 20 years ago ( no google) and the midwife giving me a date one day before in her wheel.
This time around I used online tools and got the 28th going by my last period.. but the midwifes wheel said the 27th .. why is there a difference ?

A difference of one day?

Because it's not an exact science. Depending on when you ovulated you could be out by a week.

My friend and I both pregnant at minute and were talking about this. Say our weeks change every Sunday the midwife wheel was giving our due date as being on a Saturday...strange! Mine has now changed with dating scan so completely different now but ties in exactly with ovulation now!

My midwife tells me a different gestation from her wheel every time I see her.
I just stick with the official scan date.
I saw her last week at 27+6 and she said I was 28+2.

@Angelmiracle @SoyDora not just me then 😃

@danceintime i had exactly the same thing, at booking in MW said of your 8+1 and I was certain I was 8, they did it last time I was pregnant. I ignore it, they're human, they make mistakes or their wheel is wrong! It doesn't really matter anyway, maybe if it was a week but a day doesn't really matter!

It’s a very rudimentary way of calculating and I think assumes everyone has a 28 day cycle.

Better to rely on the dating scans now.

Gp did the same I had worked out (Googled) one date and he said a day earlier. You’d think in this day and age they’d just use an app!

Better to rely on the dating scans now

The thing is, this is after the dating scan has given a a due date. So for example the midwife says to me ‘what’s your due date’ and I tell her, so she uses the wheel to calculate how far pregnant I am. I had an appointment at 24+6 based on the due date and she said I was 24+4 based on the wheel. Exactly 3 weeks (21 days) later, at 27+6, I was asked my due date again told I was 28+2 based on the wheel. It doesn’t bother me at all, it’s my third baby and I know they come when they come, it’s just a bit baffling!