SOMEONE HELP! are my dates wrong?

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So according to every pregnancy app I have and the doctors and according to my last period, I should be 11 weeks and 4 days pregnant, I had slight pain in my stomach over the weekend so booked in to get checked yesterday, at the scan the midwife asked if my dates are right? I assumed so! However she said that from the size of the baby I shouldn't only be 7 weeks me and my boyfriend tried to work this out but the only way it could be right is if we conceived the same week I got a positive test, is this possible? I thought it took 10 days or so to get a positive test? But regardless of conception date wouldn't they still date the baby from the first day of your last period I'm so confused and scared incase my dates are wrong and the baby just stopped growing! Can someone give me some advice please?😩

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Your original due date is always counted from the first day of your last period. However, this is often adjusted at your first or second ultrasound. Is it possible to get a positive the week you conceived? Well it might be possible to get one at 7dpo, would likely be very faint. Was your midwife able to see a heart beat?
It's possible your dates are off. It's possible your midwife is wrong about your scan. It's possible, although i hope not, that your baby stores growing at 7 weeks. 
What seems more likely is that you are closer to 8 weeks, this would explain your test and your midwife saying you're earlier.
They will likely give you another scan in 4-5 weeks (when your midwife says you will be 12 weeks) and you will be about to tell more then. One thing you could ask for is a HCG blood test, in the first trimester it's a pretty good indicator of date.
All the best of luck.

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Going off of the first date of your last period is just a general estimate until a dating scan can be done. During this scan they'll measure the baby from crown to rump and tell you exactly, 100% accurately how far along you are.

It does generally take several days for a test to show positive, though. How strong/dark was your first positive line? And what was your baby's heart rate measuring at? Just going off of what information you've given I would be a little confused and concerned about the rate of growth, just because I would expect it to be measuring further along if you got a positive test days after you would have supposedly conceived. Maybe you should discuss it with a different doctor or an actual OB.

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Just go with what your doctor says.

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Thanks ladies! Erm yeah we did see a heart beat but it apparently it was way to slow for what it should be which concerned the midwife. I'm booked in again in 9 days to see if it gets faster or has stopped all together I'm begging that it's the first one. With regards to my dates, this was the first period I had for 6 months, therefor I had nothing to go off in regards to my cycle length I assumed it would be a regular 28 days however before this period mine was all over the place, some months I would have one others I wouldn't for months! The only thing I don't understand is that the midwife measured the baby at 7w3d which makes the conception date of the 21st August I got a positive clear blue test of 1-2 weeks on the 25th surely that is to early to tell? Has anyone had any experience with a slow heartbeat and everything being okay?

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They usually go off your lmp to give you a general date to begin with but everyone is different and ovulates at different times. I know that Saturday I had a ultrasound and according to my apps and nurse (based off lmp) I should have been 8w1d but when they read the ultrasound the doctor said my. Any measures at 7w3d. Which is actually probably more accurate as I know that I ovulated about a week later than the typical CD14. But that means that instead of Saturday me being 8w1d I'm actually 8w1d today. It's normal to have different results after getting an ultrasound. If you're worried since it's such a big difference I'd talk to your doctor. If they can see a heartbeat there's nothing to worry about most likely and you probably just ovulated later than you thought. Good luck!

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That should be something you discuss with your doc

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Did you see a heartbeat? Does everything otherwise look ok?
If yes, I'd wait and see. It might be that baby is just on the smaller side. At this point we're talking about a creature that's less than 30 mm long.
Ultrasound are estimates after all.

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I'm 13 weeks pregnant and the first positive pregnancy test I got was when I would of just conceived not sure if it's possible or not. Xxx

SOMEONE HELP! are my dates wrong?

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