When did i conceive ? Confused with mid wife

[sav1987]

When did i conceive if i am 11 weeks 5 days today, had d and c 8th January had no period either, played it unsafe on 17th January , had scan on 10th march baby 7wk 2 days are 1 day they changed it lol anyone know when i conceived ?

[alaysha]

You would have concieved the first week of Feb. I was due last year on October 9th and I conceived on January 16th. So add 16 days and you would have conceived somewhere around Feb 1st.

[sav1987]

First please note that with the human body there are no EXACT answers when it comes to anything. The dating of a pregnancy is an estimated date gathered from averages of thousands of measurements taken within a cross section of our country. Unless you have undergone a special procedure such as artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization, it is difficult to know the exact date of conception. Sperm can live at least 5 days in a woman's body. Some literature extends the life of sperm to 7 days. This means that you may conceive days after you've had intercourse.

Dating starts on the first day of your last period. Any time a pregnancy is dated, whether it is from the LMP or an ultrasound, an 2 extra weeks are always included in the calculation. During the first two weeks of "pregnancy" your body is really preparing for pregnancy. So if your period was on the first of the month, on the 14th, even though this is the "day of conception," you are considered two weeks pregnant.

So how do you find an estimation of when you conceived? Start on the date you had your earliest ultrasound. Take this date along with the weeks and days given by the ultrasound. Now count back to week 2. For example, if you had your ultrasound on June 13th which dated you at 6w5d, you would count back 4w5d and find May 11th conception. See the chart below for examples:

Date of Ultrasound Pregnancy Dating Conception Date
June 13th 6w5d May 11
June 20th 7w5d May 11
June 29th 9 weeks May 11

[sav1987]

No i said i counted 40 weeks from the 28th January from when u conceived and that takes you to the first week in November im only going off the calander

[sav1987]

Ye true yep the notes from my scan went to my mid wife and my gyni ... Good luck to you too hun .p.s i only had sex middle of January thats why i mentioned the conception date to my mid wife she said its routine to add on two weeks , because i had mid wife on 31st march and she gave me my due date then as she had scan notes with her etc and she also said u conceived around end of January thats when i said if i conceived end of January the scan on 10th march would of been just over 5 weeks not just over 7 weeks lol confusing stuff

[cutie_pie84]

Sweetheart you're confusing yourself horribly. You're right you're not a doctor. I did not conceive in November nor December. My belly would be nice and round and I would be able to find out the sex of my baby by now if that was the case. Not to mention I had a check up both of those months. I was not pregnant. I conceived in the end of January just like my "doctor" said and that coincides with when I had intercourse.

[cutie_pie84]

Well when they measure the baby they put the measurements in and it should give you a pretty accurate duedate. Was that done with you? Don't try to calculate it yourself by their dates alone. I personally feel a woman knows when she's had sex.. compare it to your due date. Sure you may be off by a few days or so but it should match up fairly well. As long as you're progressing along and hitting each mile stone the "actual" dates shouldn't matter so much. Good luck :)