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Confused about how I'm 6 weeks

So on Nov 30th I had a ultra sound saying I was 6 weeks. My last msp was October 16-20 and  my husband works in camp and wasn't home till the 28th of October.  I swear to God I have never been unfaithful. I don't understand how the doctor could say I was 6 weeks this makes no sence  can anyone fill in the blank
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134578 tn?1693250592
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Take care, cushi.
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I did a early ultrasound and it told me that I am going to have baby the 4th of may 2016.
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I really appreciate you checking it for me. I felt free from my stress. Thanks very much AnnieBrooke.
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Ok thanks. I felt much better.
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134578 tn?1693250592
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The +/- 2 weeks is a very conservative margin, it's more like +/- 2 days when you have an ultrasound that early.

Honey, this is your boyfriend's baby.  The guy on May 27 had nothing to do with it.  Your ultrasound shows that you conceived on June 11, 12 or 13, and the other guy's burst condom had nothing to do with that.
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The ultrasound said it was 7 weeks 3 days, +/-2 weeks. That's what it shows.
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134578 tn?1693250592
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How early in the pregnancy was this ultrasound?  (How many weeks along did they say you were at that time?)
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Am sorry that should be the 4th of March and not May.
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134578 tn?1693250592
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Hi, cushi, you had sex with two guys one day apart?  Did you have an ultrasound that indicated you got pregnant right at that time (May 27 or 28)?  The only way you are going to know who is the father (besides a DNA test) is if you had an early ultrasound that pointed to conception at some other time than the May 27/28 window.  Such as, let's say you had one and it pointed to June 11, it would then not indicate the sex in late May at all.  Did you have an early ultrasound in this pregnancy?  What did they tell you then, if so?
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Please help me out
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My last period was may 19th 2015. I have sex with guy#1 the 27th of may and the condom burst. However I have sex with guy#2 which is my boyfriend and he came inside of me may 28th. I was expecting my other June 16 but I missed it.
I did a pregnancy test the 30th of June and it was positive. I'm now 31 weeks pregnant and 5 days
. Can someone please tell me who might be the daddy.
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134578 tn?1693250592
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If a doctor, nurse, or any medical person says you're 6 weeks "pregnant", it is not a figure that counts back to conception but to two weeks before conception, to the first day of your last period.  All medical counts of pregnancy (the number like 6 weeks 3 days or 11 weeks 4 days) begin on the first day of the last period you had before getting pregnant.  If a doctor says to a woman, "Congratulations, you are 6 weeks pregnant!" he means 6 weeks since her last period began and about 4 weeks since conception.  

The count is done this way because the period is a big, obvious signal, not because the doctor thinks you are pregnant when you are on day 1 of your cycle.  That's why pregnancy, which takes 38 weeks, is counted as being 40 weeks long.  They add a spare two weeks at the front to be able to calibrate the count at the presumed first day of the last period.

Sometimes a woman's GA count (the weeks 'pregnant') given to her by a doctor does not align perfectly with when the first day of her last period really was. This is because a lot of women don't ovulate neatly two weeks after the first day of their last period.  The ultrasound sees and measures the actual embryo, so a woman who gets a GA count that doesn't line up with her real period should date the conception as being the GA count, less two weeks.  When the doc told you that you were 6 weeks 'along' or 6 weeks 'pregnant,' he was saying your embryo measured about what an embryo measures that had been conceived 4 weeks ago.

Did the doctor give you a due date?  If you got an estimated due date at your November 30 ultrasound, take it and either count back manually 266 days on a calendar or put it into an online conception calculator.   It should show that you conceived on or around November 2.
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