7+4 by dates, 6+1 by scan...bad news?

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Just this really. Very sure of date of lmp (12th November) and got BFP on 14th December, so is the fact that the private scan dated the baby at 6+1 a bad sign? They saw a heartbeat and said all seemed fine but could it mean baby is not growing right and may not be viable? Please be honest with opinions as the 'reassurance' scan has done anything but!

In both of my pregnancies I had my dates wrong by a week /10 days. Very possible you ovulated later than usual or your cycle is slightly out. I've had a 6 week, 11 week and 12 week scan with this current pregnancy and each one has given me a different due date, none of which are the date on my booking in forms which went off of lmp!

It's so easy to be out at that point, baby is so tiny that it's easy to be out on the measurements, plus you may have ovulated later despite LMP, the fact that you saw a heartbeat is a positive. Do you have a follow up scan?

Heartbeat would reassure me. I had a 6 week scan and they dated me 5-6 weeks (with a heartbeat), later at 12 week the baby had jumped ahead by a week making me 6+6 when I had my initial scan. It was not measuring that at the time.

I’ve also had a MC where the baby was measuring many weeks smaller, but not heartbeat.

With my second baby I went for private scan at what I thought was 8 weeks (from first day of LMP) but they dated me at 6 weeks. There was a heartbeat but I was convinced it wouldn't be viable. When I went for 12 week scan going by my dates they changed me to 10.5 weeks. Everything was fine and she's now 5 months old.

Thanks, this is all making me feel better. It's not even my baby it's my dd's, but she has had such a rough time since finding out she was pregnant (father a dick, sickness, shock of the situation) that the scan was booked as a treat to cheer her up...which it did, but I was just a bit concerned as I'd never experienced a scan that early. Obviously I've not shared my concerns with dd, thought I'd ask you guys and you've made me feel better so thank you.

I knew my date of lmp and after dating scan was told a different due date
Agree with other pp - might have just been too curled up on scan.
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I was off by almost 3 weeks for DD. She came 2 days before her 2nd edd and all ok.

Hi op, we had a early scan as i had a few problems and that was dated at 6 weeks, i went to get my 12 week scan last week and it turns out the original scan was dated wrong by 5 days, so i think in early pregnancy they can get it slighty wrong

I had almost exactly the same situation. I knew I was 7+4 (only had sex once so couldn't be too far out). Early scan due to slight bleeding said 6+2, but with a heartbeat and everything looking fine. Sonographer said not to worry, and scans that early can easily be out.

By 12 week scan there was only one day's discrepancy with my dates.

I'm now 36 weeks and all looking fine!

Wow Red that is really similar! Thank you all for your replies, dd is reassured now