Due date changes...what do you trust?

[starbug]

I goby my LMP. I'm pretty confident about that. With my last pregnancy they said the baby measured 1 month too small according to a U/S and induced me early because evidently something was wrong with him . He turned out to be just fine. Almost 6½ pounds.
U/S measurements are notorious for being off.
I'm also afraid of them putting the due date earlier, because with two pregnancies I was late (10days and 8 days).

[mich*mommy]

I'd go by what they say. Early U/S are fairly accurate. LMP isn't so much - it just uses a basic 28 day cycle, and very few women actually have a 28 day cycle. Plus, we all ovulate at different times. LOL. Crazy stuff, I tell ya.

[mich*mommy]

Originally Posted by starbug I goby my LMP. I'm pretty confident about that. With my last pregnancy they said the baby measured 1 month too small according to a U/S and induced me early because evidently something was wrong with him . He turned out to be just fine. Almost 6½ pounds. U/S measurements are notorious for being off. I'm also afraid of them putting the due date earlier, because with two pregnancies I was late (10days and 8 days).

Well, late U/S measurements are. Early are actually quite accurate.

[justineybean]

Originally Posted by HillbillyMama Yep, that's the concern...I want to be able to breathe a sigh of relief for reaching that milestone, AND I would hate to think I would have to drive an hour away to have the baby, and be that far away from him if he would have to stay in the NICU....No signs of preterm labor at all, but I am not doing progesterone shots with this baby like I did with my first, so it makes me nervous to know that I have no cushion at all to fall back on, KWIM?

I think I would still go by the later date... just in case the u/s is right and your baby is not quite 34 weeks, you wouldn't want to birth at a hospital that is not equipped to help if your LO is born that early and needs the NICU. I'm sorry you're so worried! Just hold on until Tuesday!!

[OrangeBananas]

I think I would go by the early ultrasound, but then again I have no real idea. Luckily for me my LMP and my earliest ultrasound were only 1 day off.

[adavieau]

I'd go by the ultrasound date especially since they did one at six weeks early ultrasounds are supposed to be pretty accurate. I always know my lmp but not necessarily when I o and I was breast-feeding when I got pg (both times) so I knew that I could have o'd early or later than normal.