Pregnant mums with pcos. How is your pregnancy being dated?
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Id be going by the 12 week scan cos thats the official dating one.
How did you know you were ovulating? We're you tracking it? I have PCOS and so I know the exact day I conceived based on my tracking and so I would add 2 weeks to that and go for the nearest date to that?
@Charlie i used an app called P.C to track my periods. The more you use the app the more accurate it is and i had been using it for about over a year. Just before trying to conceive i also got an at home ovulation test kit which confirmed the app was very accurate for me.
@Natalie right thats what i thought too! Thank you
@Sarah thank you! at my next midwife appointment I’ll probably be asking them to go based off of the scans
If you were tracking ovulation then I'd deffo go for the date closest to your ovulation date plus 2 weeks then? Which is the 12 week scan right? I would also be cautious about keeping it as 16 weeks if you're actually less as you say it will impact on their advice about induction as you say. I had a home birth so I would want to ensure my due date was right or else it would affect whether that was possible for me
My first was done by a dating scan as I hadn't had a period for 6 months prior to getting pregnant with her so I would definitely go off the scan. My 2nd was done by period date until my 12 week scan and then my due date moved with the measurements from that x
@Naomi thank you!!
@Charlie thank you i’ll definitely be changing my next midwife appointment and try get it to be on track with what the scan says
My EDD based on menstrual cycle was 21/03 but the dating scan said it’s actually 4/4 (today lol) so I must’ve ovulated two weeks later. They went off the dating scan and ignored the EDD
@Issy this is how it should be i believe. I think i just got unlucky with the midwife that day😭 its frustrating when they just make a guesstimate instead of going based off of scans
Definitely! I’m surprised they did that, hopefully the next midwife will correct it :)
Mine is dated based on the 12 week scan and not LMP, due to the difference between EDD of the LMP and dating scan (2 months difference) they are giving me growth scans though, so on the plus side I get to see the baby more :). So far babies growth etc is tracking in line with the due date from the 12 week scan.
@Lauren thank you!! Lucky you get to see baby more often🥰
That seems really odd, I found out I was pregnant in September but I hadn’t had a period since February and that was a medicated one as I don’t have periods at all. I had a scan a week after I found out and as there was no heartbeat went back 10 days later and was around 6 weeks 1 day. They booked my 12 week scan in line with that and what I was on that scan was what they’ve dated me at, I’ve not had 2 weeks added or anything! X