Conceiving a child has two aspects to it. Sometimes it happens
when you're not even expecting it and sometimes you have them after trying for
ages. Pregnancy is one of the most beautiful yet stressful moments in a mother's
life. It is said that after childbirth, a mother loses around 6 months worth of
sleep for the next two years. Mothers are amazing creatures. It baffles the
best of us at times as to how mothers fall in love with their children as soon
as they see them and protect them
for the rest of their lives. This love
is unconditional, beautiful and precious and the bond between a mother and
child cannot break easily.
Once a mother conceives it's natural that she will want to know
till when she can expect the child to be on its way. The easiest way to do it
is with the help of a due date calculator. Once your pregnancy tests for
positive, you can use the calculator by entering important information to
understand when your baby is due. The estimated due date is calculated based on
your last menses.
How does a due date
calculator give you your due date?
A due date calculator also functions as a pregnancy due date calculator. Most of the times we don't know when
exactly did we conceive or when did an ovulation take place, hence a due date
calculator takes the last menstrual period as the starting point and makes an
estimation that the baby will be due after a period of 40 weeks. The cycle of a
woman who has regular periods is considered to be of 28 days and the ovulation
takes place on the 14th day. After this the calculator adds a sum today of 280
to the last menstrual period, which is approximately 40 weeks. This method of
calculating the due date is known as Naegele’s rule.
This method of calculating the due date is named after Naegele,
who was a German obstetrician. His rule
is one of the most common ones and this is what most pregnancy calculators are
based on. Calculators which follow his rule, see childbirth in women who's
menstrual cycle lasts for a period of 28 days but this is extremely
unrealistic. Many women suffer from Polycystic Ovary Syndrome also known as
PCOS and this causes an imbalance in the menstrual cycle regulation. Sometimes
the irregularity is a difference of few days and sometimes it is for months.
Hence this due date calculator is not
completely accurate.
It has also been tested and found that Naegele’s rule has
consistently been wrong because the due date after calculation has been 2-5
days early. Hence a calculator which follows this rule isn't completely
reliable but isn't wrong as well. If you want a more reliable calculator, use
the Mittendorf Williams rule as a due due date calculator. Not only that, some
online calculators facilitate pregnancy
week by week pictures, which can help you determine how exactly your baby
is growing.
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