How to calculate the due date? How many weeks is your baby strong enough?

How to calculate the due date? How many weeks is your baby strong enough? If you are pregnant and want to find out about your due date, please consult with us!

Expected delivery date is correct?

In theory, the woman's gestation period is 9 months and 10 days, but in practice this figure is not entirely accurate for all pregnant women. The reason is that pregnancy also depends on many different factors, such as the maturity of the fetus, the time of the mother's last menstrual cycle ... Therefore, The results of calculating the due date of each person are also not the same. Furthermore, the expected mother's date of birth is completely variable and is not constant throughout pregnancy.

Each fetus will have a certain due date, usually calculated into the first 3 months of pregnancy . Which is the most accurate due date depends on many different factors during pregnancy. If pregnant women have examined at many places, at different times but doctors calculate the due date differently, pregnant women should find a reputable antenatal clinic, ask a qualified doctor to carefully check and select the expected date. Which is the most accurate based on the available results (usually ultrasound).

Expected delivery date like?

The due date is based on how long the baby is growing - about 40 weeks or 280 days from the date of pregnancy.

If self-calculated, can count from the first menstrual date of the last menstrual cycle before conception, plus 280 days, will give birth.

In the case of not remembering the menstrual cycle, the doctor during prenatal examination will base on the gestational week and fetal heart to give a relatively accurate due date for pregnant mothers.

Attention

Many pregnant mothers usually do the math from the last day of their last menstrual cycle, plus. Although the difference is a little, the correct way to calculate it is to count down from the first day of the last period onwards.

For example, the date of the last menstrual period before becoming pregnant starts on January 1, and the menstrual period for 5 days until January 5 will end. According to a normal cycle, your next period will be on January 28-29, but in fact you were pregnant before, and on 28-29 there is no period.

With the above example, the pregnant mother should count down 280 days from January 1 onwards, not the 5th or the 28th ...

Or can apply the following calculation will be easier

Calculating from the start of the last menstrual cycle (for example, January 1), adding 9 months, then adding 7 days will give a relatively accurate due date. For the above example, adding 9 months, will be October 1, plus 1 week, which means that around October 8 will be the mother's due date.

 The second way is to count backwards, mark the date of the start of the last period, count back 3 months, and count 7 more days to give the due date. For example, the start date of your last menstrual cycle is 1/1, count back 3 months, is December, November, and by October, the arrow indicates October 1, plus 7 days will show the date. The expected birth date is October 8.

Why should calculate pregnancy by week? (and not by month or day?)

The calculation of gestational age by month is sometimes not really accurate due to the unequal number of days each month, this will affect the accuracy of the due date of the pregnant mother and the development of the fetus according to each stage in the abdomen mom.

At what week is the baby strong enough to give birth?

The baby in the womb will develop quite completely from the 39-40 weeks. If the mother has no complications of pregnancy , it is not necessary to keep for more than 40 weeks, you can apply the tips to stimulate the baby. life.

According to medicine, the child's body is quite complete and able to adapt to the external environment 2 weeks before the due date. So, if you follow the nature, giving birth between weeks 38 and 42 has no health or medical concerns.

Pregnant mothers can be assured of the health and development of the body as well as the brain of the baby if the baby is born before or 2 weeks after the due date.

Thanks to the article from WebTech360 Thailand and the source from  medthai

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