Using Your Estimated Due Date Calculator

June 19, 2010 by Jade Scott  
Filed under pregnancy

You just found out you are having a baby, what exciting news! Finding out you will have a baby growing inside you for 9 months is probably the most astonishing thing for any woman in this world. The next step it to find out when your bundle of joy is going to come in to this world by using an estimated due date calculator. The estimated due date calculator calculates the probable date of the birth of your child. This date is called the Expected Delivery Date (EDD). Your EDD is a probable day and most of the children are born around this date.

There can be lots of confusion around due dates. I have heard some women say they have been given one date by their pediatrician and given a completely different date by the estimated due date calculator. The methods used to estimate when you’ll give birth vary, so the results they give can vary. Some mothers worry that if their due date has been estimated incorrectly; they may be induced before their baby is actually prepared to be born! We will look at the method to find your due date with the estimated due date calculator.

Most times, your estimated due date calculator will figure 9 months and 1 week (40 weeks) after the first day of your last menstrual period. The average menstrual cycle is 28 days long; you are most likely to have conceived around 2 weeks after your period begins, when you are at your most fertile; and the average pregnancy is 38 weeks from conception – altogether, it adds up to roughly 40 weeks.

The issue with using this generic formula is that every woman’s menstrual cycle can differ in length. Some women are very irregular; others are as regular as a clock, every 28 days. If is also very difficult to pinpoint the exact day you conceived for some people and that will change the estimated due date calculator as well.

Unless you are definite of the exact date on which you conceived, you will just have to wait it out until your baby is ready. Some children come earlier than the estimated due date calculator predicted. Some children come later than the estimated due date calculator predicted. As long as your doctor and/or pediatrician is happy with both you and your baby’s development, you have no worries and should just enjoy this very special time in your life.

I really hope this article has helped you understand how to get your estimated due date calculator.

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