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Calculate your due date: How to find your baby's due date

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BabyCenter's Due Date Calculator

Use our pregnancy due date calculator by plugging in either the date of your last menstrual cycle or the date you know you conceived. The calculator will do the rest.

How is my due date calculated?

There are several ways your due date is determined. If you happen to know the day you conceived, you can count 38 weeks from that day to find your due date. (Human gestation takes about 38 weeks.)

But very few expectant moms know exactly when they conceived. Even if you only had sex once during your fertile period, you wouldn't conceive on that day unless you happen to be ovulating. Sperm can live for up to five days inside your fallopian tubes. So, it could be up to five days after you have sex that you release an egg (ovulate) and it gets fertilized by a waiting sperm. That's the day you conceive.

So, without knowing the day of conception, how does anyone determine a due date?

First day of your last period

The most common way to calculate your pregnancy due date is by counting 40 weeks from the first day of your last menstrual period (LMP). And that's how most healthcare providers do it.

If your menstrual cycle length is the average length (28-day cycle), your menstrual cycle probably started about two weeks before you conceived. This explains why pregnancies are said to last 40 weeks instead of 38 weeks.

This method doesn't take into account how long your menstrual cycle actually is or when you think you might have conceived. But generally speaking, women typically ovulate about two weeks after their menstrual cycle starts. And women are more likely to know when their last period started than the day they ovulated.

Conception date

If you do happen to know precisely when you conceived – say, if you were using an ovulation predictor kit or tracking your ovulation symptoms – you can calculate your pregnancy due date based on your conception date. Just choose that calculation method from the pulldown above and put in your date.

Note: Again, you don't necessarily conceive on the day you have sex.

IVF transfer date

If you conceived through IVF, you can calculate your due date using your IVF transfer date. If you had a Day 5 embryo transfer, count 261 days from your transfer date. If you had a Day 3 embryo transfer, count 263 days.

Can my due date change?

Your healthcare provider might revise your due date if your baby is measured during a first trimester ultrasound scan and found to be much bigger or smaller than expected for gestational age. This is more likely to happen if you have an irregular menstrual cycle length that makes it hard to pinpoint the date of conception.

Your healthcare provider will measure your baby during that ultrasound exam to figure out how far along your baby is and then provide you with a new due date.

What if I already know my due date?

If you already know your due date, you can use this calculator to see your pregnancy timeline. It will tell you when you'll hit various milestones, and when you may be due for prenatal tests and prenatal visits. You'll also find what your baby's sign and birthstone will probably be and which famous people were born on your due date.

How likely am I to give birth on my due date?

Of course, a due date calculation is always approximate, whether it's from our tool or from your doctor or midwife. Only 1 in 20 women delivers on their due date. You're just as likely to go into labor any day during the two weeks before or after.

Want more information about how the weeks, months, and trimesters of pregnancy are counted? See our pregnancy timing chart.

How soon can I take a pregnancy test?

With all this talk about pregnancy due dates, you may be wondering when you can take a pregnancy test. To ensure you get the most accurate reading, it's best to wait a few days after your missed period to take a pregnancy test.

At-home urine tests measure the amount of hCG (human Chorionic Gonadotropin) present in your body. If you take a pregnancy test before you miss your period, you may not get an accurate result, despite what some tests advertise.

If you're getting a blood test in your provider's office, you may get results sooner. These tests also measure the amount of hCG in your bloodstream, but they're more sensitive than at-home urine tests. Blood tests may be able to detect pregnancy six to eight days after ovulation.

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3 Weeks Pregnant: Pregnancy Week by Week

When can I take a pregnancy test?

By the end of this week you may be able to get a positive pregnancy test. Pregnancy tests work by detecting the presence of a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in your urine. Most home pregnancy tests claim to be accurate on the day you miss your period, but even then, the amount of hCG in urine at this time can vary a great deal from one woman to another. If you test too soon, you may get a false negative pregnancy test or an unclear result like a faint line. If this happens, test again in a few days.

Implantation happens this week

Your developing baby has travelled down the fallopian tube and is starting to implant itself in the lining of your uterus. At this time, 15 to 25 percent of women experience implantation bleeding, which is a light bleeding that happens about six to 12 days after conception. You may feel implantation cramps as well. 

Early pregnancy symptoms

Most women don't feel anything until they've missed a period, but you may notice bloating, cramping, or spotting this week. Your breasts may also be more tender than usual and you may have a heightened sense of smell, one of the earliest pregnancy symptoms. So if your partner, your house, or your dog suddenly smells different to you, thank your surging hormones.

3 weeks is how many months?

You're in your first month!

Baby development at 3 weeks

Your growing baby

Your developing baby is a tiny ball (called a blastocyst) of several hundred cells that are multiplying and burrowing into the lining of your uterus. The cells in the middle will become the embryo. The cells on the outside will become the placenta, the pancake-shaped organ that delivers oxygen and nutrients to your baby and carries away waste.

Connecting to you

Your little blastocyst is receiving oxygen and nutrients (and discarding waste) through a primitive circulation system made up of microscopic tunnels that connect your developing baby to the blood vessels in your uterine wall. The placenta will eventually take over this task around the end of the first trimester.

Having twins?

It’s too soon to know. But it’s still fun to see what fraternal twins look like in the womb this week. You can also learn about your likelihood of having twins or more.

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Implantation

3 weeks pregnant body

Early pregnancy hormones

The cells that will become the placenta are pumping out the pregnancy hormone hCG. It tells your ovaries to stop releasing eggs and keep producing progesterone, which prevents your uterus from shedding its lining – and its tiny passenger. Once there's enough hCG in your urine, you'll get a positive pregnancy test result.

Fluids are filling your uterus

Amniotic fluid is beginning to collect within the amniotic sac. This fluid will cushion your baby in the weeks and months ahead, and it’s what may come gushing out of you if your water breaks before or during labor.

Pregnancy symptoms during week 3

No pregnancy symptoms?

Some women feel pregnant even before the test is positive, but most don't notice anything yet. If you have symptoms this week, some of them may feel like PMS. Don't worry if you don't feel anything yet. Even at 5 weeks pregnant, only half of women feel pregnancy symptoms.

Gas and bloating

The hormone progesterone relaxes muscles throughout your body, including in your digestive tract. These relaxed muscles slow down digestion, which can lead to gas and bloating and create uncomfortable sensations in your gut. About half of pregnant women experience constipation at some point during their pregnancy. To keep things moving, stay hydrated and eat high-fiber foods like whole grains, fruits, and vegetables.

Sore breasts

Many women say that the tenderness they feel is an exaggerated version of how their breasts feel before a period. Some women also notice their nipples getting darker during pregnancy.

Spotting

One in four or five women notice a small amount of spotting this week. This is known as implantation bleeding because it happens around the time the fertilized egg implants in the uterus. (If you have pain along with bleeding, call your healthcare provider immediately because this can be a sign of an ectopic pregnancy.)

Basal body temperature stays high

If you're charting your temperature, it should stay elevated this week. To keep track, use a basal body thermometer and take your temperature after you wake up in the morning, before you get out of bed.

Your body at 3 weeks Tap the plus for more details

Pregnancy checklist at 3 weeks pregnant

Pay attention to your emotions

When you're waiting to learn whether you're pregnant or not, or just finding out, it's normal to be more anxious than usual. If you're feeling stressed or worried, talk to your partner or a trusted friend. Or, try writing down everything that's bothering you. Journaling can improve your emotional well-being, mental clarity, and even physical health. 

Avoid overheating

Hot baths are okay during pregnancy as long as they aren't too hot. But avoid steam baths, hot tubs, and saunas. Elevated body temperature, especially early in pregnancy, has been associated with an increased risk of neural tube defects in babies.

Eat nutritious meals and snacks

Eat foods that support conception and pregnancy such as fruits and vegetables, low-mercury fish, and whole grains. Choose foods containing vitamin C (like strawberries, citrus fruits, bell peppers, and tomatoes), iron (like beef, poultry, soy products, and spinach), and calcium (like Greek yogurt, fortified cereal, and pasteurized cheese). For snack ideas, check out 10 of our favorite healthy snacks for expecting moms.

Cut down on coffee

While you're trying to conceive and once you get pregnant, experts recommend limiting your intake of caffeine to about one cup of coffee a day. It's important to watch your consumption of coffee and caffeine overall because excessive caffeine can affect your pregnancy and your baby. See how much caffeine is in different foods and drinks.

Get help quitting

If you need help quitting smoking, drinking, or taking drugs, talk to your healthcare provider and ask for a referral to a program or counselor.

Improve your sleep

Rest while you can so that when pregnancy-related sleep disturbances hit in a few months, you'll be ready for them. Form better habits around sleep and work on good sleep practices like establishing a regular bedtime routine and making your bedroom a sleep sanctuary.

Late pregnancy and childbirth - age, risks, myths, benefits, diagnosis, preparation

Myths about late pregnancy and childbirth

How and where to prepare for late pregnancy and childbirth

Modern living conditions and the rapid pace of development of medicine have had a significant impact on the age of women planning a pregnancy. Despite the recommendations of the World Health Organization, according to which the most favorable period for the realization of reproductive potential is the age of 19up to 35 years, today there is a trend of “late birth” all over the world - after 35-40 years.

According to Rosstat, in our country, the average age of a woman at the birth of her first child is increasing, today it is 28 years, while more and more women are postponing the issue of childbearing to a later date. And indeed, in recent years, giving birth at the age of 40 is no surprise to anyone, it has become quite commonplace.

Moreover, in many developed countries of the world, the number of women who gave birth after 40 already exceeds the number of those who carry out reproduction before the age of 20. nine0003

Despite the development of reproductive technologies and advances in medicine, pregnancy and childbirth still place a huge burden on all organs and systems of the mother's body. In this regard, women are wondering how safe late childbirth and pregnancy are.

Myths about late pregnancy and childbirth

Interest in this issue has led to a number of myths and fears associated with late birth. But is it worth it because of them to refuse childbearing, to plan pregnancy at a younger age, without psycho-emotional and social preparation? nine0003

According to psychologists, the realization of reproductive potential at a more mature age, after 30-35 years, is more favorable in terms of the psychological comfort of the baby and the preparedness of parents.

The medical aspects of late labor and pregnancy have also changed. If earlier there was an opinion that with increasing age, the risks of severe pregnancy and childbirth complications increase, but today most of these myths have been dispelled by clinical studies and new possibilities of modern medicine. nine0003

It is known that with age in the body of both women and men, the number of somatic, acquired mutations increases, which significantly increase the risk of having children with a genetic pathology. However, the current level of development of medical genetics and the possibilities of molecular genetic research make it possible to diagnose most of these diseases at the earliest stages of pregnancy.

For this purpose, screening of the first trimester is carried out, during which biochemical markers of chromosomal pathologies are determined, and the condition of the fetus is assessed using an ultrasound method. The most modern method for diagnosing fetal genetic abnormalities is a non-invasive prenatal test. By 9At the 10th week of pregnancy, a sufficient amount of fetal (fetal) DNA is determined in the blood of the future mother, with the help of which it is possible to calculate the risk of developing the most common chromosomal abnormalities in the unborn child with a probability of 99.9%.

There are also invasive diagnostic methods: chorion biopsy, which is performed at 8-12 weeks of gestation, amniocentesis, which is the aspiration of amniotic fluid at 16-24 weeks of pregnancy, cordocentesis - puncture of the fetal umbilical cord at 22-25 weeks of gestation. These methods allow with a high degree of probability to assume the presence of genetic diseases in the fetus. nine0003

Another myth about late birth is the need for a caesarean section for all women over 30-35 years of age. Indeed, in this age group, there is a high risk of developing complications such as weakness of labor activity, fetal hypoxia. However, dynamic monitoring during the entire period of pregnancy, timely examinations and doctor's control allow today patients over 30-35 years old to give birth on their own, without threats to the health of mother and baby.

There is also concern among women of older reproductive age about general physical health. It is known that the frequency of diseases of the cardiovascular, respiratory, urinary systems, as well as the development of diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome, neurological diseases is higher in women over 30 years old. But do not forget that the level of development of modern medicine today has stepped far forward and allows you to diagnose and treat all diseases at the stage of pregnancy preparation, while minimizing the risks both during pregnancy and during delivery. nine0013

How and where to prepare for late pregnancy and childbirth

Based on this, we can conclude that pregnancy after 35-40 years is a bold and responsible step that you can and should prepare for: during pregnancy planning, check your health by undergoing a full examination of both spouses. It is also worth consulting a geneticist.

Approximately 3-6 months before pregnancy, you should stop smoking and get your body in good shape. Under the guidance of an obstetrician-gynecologist, the preparation of the body for this important event in your life will be as comfortable and correct as possible. The doctor will advise you on which vitamins and mineral preparations you need to take before conception and which specialists you should contact. nine0003

In the Polyclinika.ru network of medical centers, we manage both uncomplicated pregnancies and high-risk pregnancies. Pregnant patients of absolutely different age groups trust us with their health and the health of their baby, since pregnancy management in our centers in Moscow is traditionally considered high-quality, highly qualified and safe.

The author of the article:

Grigoryan Syuzanna Vovaevna

obstetrician-gynecologist, Head of the gynecological department

work experience 4 years

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