Confusing dates.

[JPT0102]

Hiya. I went for my early scan on Saturday to make sure everything is perfect, I should have been 5 weeks according to my ovulation date, however I was told I'm 7 weeks. My question is, do they add the 2 weeks from your LMP? Sorry if this sounds uneducated, I was just wondering how the lady made it 7 weeks exactly when it should have been 5 weeks on the dot.

Thank you!

If you are five weeks from ovulation then you are 7 weeks pregnant as thet date from the period 😊

Pregnancy is measured from the first date of your last period, because it's a generally observable measure. Most people don't know exactly when they ovulated unless they are TTC, so they assume you are on a 28 day "average" cycle and assume you ovulated 2 weeks after your period started. So at 7 weeks pregnant, you ovulated 5 weeks ago and had 2 weeks of not actually being pregnant bit classed as pregnant.

@JPT0102
Hey! Congratulations
Did you manage to see anything on the scan when you went? I'm booked in for the 18th October which based on my dates will make me 7 weeks on scan day x