Wrong due date??

Question

So my baby girl has measured big since I was about 12 or 14 weeks atleast 2 weeks ahead of not more sometimes. But my dr refuses to change my due date? Anybody ever experienced this?

Answer

I have PCOS and havent had a period since I was 14 and now I'm 23. They said without the date of my last period they had to go by the size my baby was in my scan and just gave an estimated due date based upon that. She's now just under 5lbs at 34 weeks and estimated to only get to 7lb by birth. My midwife and other consultants think I could be ready to drop within the next 4 weeks or so but my doctors wont change my due date which is 6 weeks away. I mean, not a big difference in dates but still! They're aware they're more than likely wrong but refuse to change it... Oh well! Just got to be super prepared now!!

Answer

Due dates are wrong more often than they're right. it's not really about predicting when the baby will be born. It's about establishing a baseline for growth and development.

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That happened with my son! He would always measure a week ahead and I always asked if that means they would change the due date and my doctor always said it can vary a week either way. 
It didn’t bother me too much until I was overdue and she couldn’t induce me until a week after my due date which was the original date. 😩

Answer

At the end of the day it doesn’t really matter since due dates are only estimates. 
If it helps, I had a scan at 9 weeks where baby measured right inline with my last period, which makes sense since I have regular periods and I was tracking ovulation so I knew the timing was correct. He is now measuring a week ahead but I know my original due date was correct, he’s just bigger than average now.

Wrong due date??

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