| Pregnancy calculator is the answer to your question, | | | | derived by tracking the rise in BBT and surge of LH. |
| Now that I'm pregnant, when will the stork visit me? | | | | Adding 266 to this ovulation date will give you the due |
| Why not figure out the magical date, the pregnancy | | | | date. |
| due date for yourself. It's not so complicated. The | | | | But accurate calculation of when the BBT is rising and |
| pregnancy calculator will help you do it. | | | | when the LH is surging is difficult. |
| What Is Your Due Date? | | | | 4) Using Conception Date |
| It's the likely date the stork will visit you. But when is | | | | If you know the exact date, on which you conceived, |
| that? Various pregnancy calculators are used to make | | | | by adding 266 to this you will arrive at the due date. |
| this magical calculation. Few ways of calculating the | | | | Impracticality of this pregnancy calculator is in knowing |
| pregnancy due dates are listed below; | | | | the exact date of conception. |
| 1) Using Last Menstrual Period (LMP) Date | | | | 5) Using Ultrasound Results |
| This method of calculation uses the first day of LMP | | | | The pregnancy ultrasound results reveal the age of |
| to arrive at the likely due date. You get the due date | | | | the baby in the womb making due date calculation |
| by adding 280 days to the first day of your LMP. It | | | | easier. |
| works on the concept that you would have ovulated | | | | These methods give us only the probable pregnancy |
| 14 days from the first day of your LMP and conceived | | | | due date. They are not an accurate prediction. This is |
| on the same day to which 266 days gestation period | | | | mainly due to the inherent difficulties of determining the |
| is added (266+14=280). This was the standard | | | | data required by these pregnancy calculators. |
| pregnancy calculator in use. | | | | Statistics reveals that only less than 5% of the women |
| Disadvantage is that accurate determination of | | | | deliver on the due date. |
| ovulation and conception dates maybe difficult. | | | | So Why Use Pregnancy Calculators |
| 2) Naegle's Rule | | | | Human minds like certainty. Waiting for the baby to |
| Count three months back form the first date of you | | | | come without having a proper date might be |
| LMP and add seven days to it. The resultant date is | | | | frustrating and unduly stressful. Having a probable date |
| the due date. | | | | to look forward to will make the wait easier. |
| 3) Using Basal Body Temperature (BBT) and | | | | Pregnancy calculators therefore provide us an |
| Luteinizing Hormone (LH) | | | | ever-nearing horizon of happiness making the long wait |
| This pregnancy calculator uses the ovulation date | | | | of nine months more bearable. |