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Recently had a baby.
I had my LO on Nov. 29th, I was due Nov. 27th. Wondering what dates of sex could have led to my pregnancy out of curiosity. I'm pretty sure my LMP was Feb 14th but I have very irregular cycles and my period was generally always late. The days I had sex around the time I should have concieved were Feb 20th, 25th, March 5th and then March 11th.
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It is widely used and has a good reputation. I would recommend the DDC or Ravgen.
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Incidentally, I would test with both guys, and be sure the samples are handled entirely properly. You have to see the swab done and be sure it then is put in the hands of a neutral party with no chance for substitution or tampering (that would be either the lab technician or in the envelope and into the mail). Home tests are always more questionable because of the chance for the swabs to get mixed up accidentally or on purpose. If I had a two-possible-dads scenario, I would go with each guy to a lab recommended by the courts, and watch as they did their swab, and watch as the tech went away with the samples. I wouldn't do a home test and I wouldn't test with only one guy.
Sorry one last ? Regarding paternity testing.. do you know how reputable DDC is? They seem to be more commonly used from what I seen. I already ordered their swap kit
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Well, obviously, a DNA test will answer your question.
It sounds like the sex on the 25th of February would be too early to produce a baby, but unfortunately, you don't have good enough data from the early days of the pregnancy to say how old the embryo was at what point. (If you'd had an ultrasound in your 7th week and it gave a particular due date just from the baby's measurements, followed by another ultrasound in your 10th week that gave the same due date, followed by one in your 14th week that gave the same due date, you could count on the start point being correct. But you don't have that data.)
In your shoes I would go get the DNA test, expecting that the guy from the 25th is not the father. But I wouldn't be so certain that I would go the life of the child not testing.
It sounds like the sex on the 25th of February would be too early to produce a baby, but unfortunately, you don't have good enough data from the early days of the pregnancy to say how old the embryo was at what point. (If you'd had an ultrasound in your 7th week and it gave a particular due date just from the baby's measurements, followed by another ultrasound in your 10th week that gave the same due date, followed by one in your 14th week that gave the same due date, you could count on the start point being correct. But you don't have that data.)
In your shoes I would go get the DNA test, expecting that the guy from the 25th is not the father. But I wouldn't be so certain that I would go the life of the child not testing.
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Okay thank you it makes me feel better knowing that you also feel the guy from the 25th was too soon. I mainly feel that way because my periods are around a week late and with a period on Feb 14th I think I wouldn't have ovulated around then. I will definitely get a test done though.
I had some bleeding later in march amd then it continued to late april sporadically as dark spotting i thought it was a period but maybe implantation bleeding or something.
Ultrasound around 18 weeks I had one June 23rd where I was 17w4d and then again July 19th I was 21 weeks even
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I am wondering how you got the original due date, and how early in the pregnancy. Was it from an ultrasound in the early weeks? Or just from the doctor counting from your last period?
However they had to do a d&c to remove my placenta because it was firmly attached to my uterus after I gave birth. idk if that affected the babies size? The doctors didn't comment that it would.
The doctor didn't comment but the baby was born small in the 10% percentile.. still had fuzzy hairs on his back,ears, etc. and some vernix not that that really matters I guess. The guy from the 25th wasn't the same unfortunately, I'm hoping it is not him.
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The sex on March 5 would be the first candidate and then the sex on March 11. Were those with the same guy?
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Also, did the doctor ever comment that the baby looked like it was born early or late?
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