Ultrasound/Due Date question...?

Okay, I had an ultrasound last week and everything on my baby measured 31+wks except for his femur. His femur only measured just over 28wks. When I went in for this ultrasound I was 30wks exactly. After combining all of the week estimates it changed my due date from June 20 to June 24, making me at the time only 29wks and 3days. If she the tech had eliminated the femur estimate it would have changed my due date to around sometime between June 11th and 13th.





Okay, I write all of that to ask this, from anyone's personal experiance did the doctors change your due date based on such drastically different dates? If so, did they make it earlier or later? The tech said she would put a note on her sendings to the doc that mentioned I'm shorter than 5' tall and my hubby is only 5'7". Do you think due to the huge difference in measurements that he will just keep my due date the same?





I have an appt tomorrow but I'm just curious what other people think and have experianced.

Ultrasound/Due Date question...?
With all my ultrasounds except the last one i had i was measuring right on cue, at my 32 week scan my baby measured 34 weeks and 1 day.. the ultrsound tech said my dates were wrong (which i agree as i was using a fertility monitor and i know when my last period was and when i ovulated) however both my GP and OBGYN say i have a LFD (Large for date) baby... he weighed a whopping 5 pounds and 8 ounces... they estimate at term he will be 9 pound and 8 ounces.... OUCH!! They fear he wont fit in my pelvis, which im sure will be fun... so im taking the second date to be 13th May rather then the 27th, however they wont stop the labor after 6th of may.... NOT LONG NOW!!!
Reply:My due date last year fluctuated a couple of times with 4 different ultrasounds and 3 different dates. I was due on Nov. 17th, Nov. 24th, Nov. 18th and then Nov. 17th again. I had my baby on Nov. 9th. So that goes to show how accurate the ultrasounds are. They can be right on sometimes, but usually will fluctuate a couple of days. My doctor and the ultrasound tech said this was normal. Don't worry. Ask your doctor if you are really concerned about it. That's what the doc it for.
Reply:I had my due date changed by a month. They had gone from my last period, but the ultrasound showed that I was a month father along than they had originally thought. An ultrasound is usually the most acurate way to come up with a due date, but they are all estimates. A hospital will consider you technically full term at 37 weeks, so if the due date only changes by a week or so, its not a big deal.
Reply:You could deliver two weeks before or after your given due date. it is only an estimated guess and nobody knows for sure when a baby will arrive. it comes when he or she is ready.
Reply:They may keep it the same since you both are fairly short. But they changed my due date 3 times with my son and 2x with my daughter and neither came near the dates they gave me.
Reply:Due dates are never 100% accurate.





Good Luck!
Reply:i was ttc for 9 mos. i know the EXACT day i ovulated cause i can feel ovulation. my last period was october 18th. and my ovulation day was october 31st. i tested on november 13th (3 days before my period was due) and they were all positive. it gave me a due date of july 24th.





when i went to my first visit at 8 wks 5 days they did the ultrasound and the baby was measuring at 8 weeks 0 days. if that was true, i ovulated less than 5 days before i tested and hcg does not show in urine for at least 10 days..... when i went to the big ultrasound the measurement gave me a new date of july 30th which would mean i am a week behind where i think i was....





i go by the first day of my last period and the day i ovulated because i believe it to be the "most" accurate seeing how i was charting, and taking ovulation strips and i felt my self ovulate.... and tested positive at 12dpo.....





they say that us can be up to 2 weeks off in either direction becuse babies can not be measured to an exact science since some babies are bigger and some smaller at the exact same gestation....





you could do an average if you would like... or just go with the due date you feel most comfortable with!!!
Reply:babies don't always grow at the same rate we may think. Your baby might be a little farther behind on growing. It's normal and prefectlly fine. Don't worry. They do change due dates. I use to work at a Pregnancy Crisis Center and saw dates change often. If i were you i wouldn't worry. PLUS just cuz you are due that day doesn't mean the baby will be BORN that day. My sister was born 3 weeks earlier the due date while was brother was born over a month LATE. The baby will come when it is ready to come. Don't worry about changing due dates.

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