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which day did i get pregnant, need quick advice
Hey everyone, I have really been trying to understand everything that comes along with pregnancy to answer my question, but I still don't seem to get it. Currently I am actually 5 days over my due date, due date was June 30th. Last menstrual period was approximately Sept. 5th. I had sex on Sept. 17 and then again on Oct. 7th (and took Plan B within 3 days after). I found out I was 8 weeks pregnant on November 19th based on an ultrasound. Which time did I most likely get pregnant? Bc I know conception/implantation itself can take up to 14 days I have been thinking that the Sept 17th time was most likely it, also since I would've ovulated around then, but I would still like your input as well since I'm not totally sure. Thank you so much for your help and responses!!
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As far as I'm concerned; conception and delivery dates are as much guess work as they are science. The doctor bases his/her answers to these questions based on your answers to their questions and the size of the baby and other markers when viewed on ultra sound.
My belief is the woman is more in tune with her body then the doctor is and is more capable of defining when conception may have occurred. Based on your feeling of when conception occurred you can then count forward the number of days for a full gestation period and come up with a delivery due date.
Based on my very unscientific survey I have found most doctors are off by two weeks in either direction. Were is mom is generally spot on with in days of when she delivers.
Like I said it is a very unscientific survey as it envelops a very small circle of family members and friends. What is most important is to have a happy, healthy baby.
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Chances are it may have been Sept. 17th, or even a bit of time after that. As described below. I had gotten pregnant last year in august, but most doctors if not all, base the length of pregnancy around the time of conception. Which is, in my own opinion, typically always incorrect. But I digress, I know I had conceived in august, because around the time my mate and I got intimate, I was ovulating, while in July, my mate and I had not seen each other for a while. The doctor tried saying that I was so far along, when I knew better. Go by your instinct. If you were ovulating near the 17th, chances are that's around the time you conceived.
Sperm can live in a woman's body for up to six days — possibly seven. That's why most pregnancies result from fertilization by sperm that have been waiting in a woman's reproductive tract days before the release of her egg — ovulation — takes place.In certain environments such as the female reproductive tract beyond the cervix, sperm can live for as much as five to seven days. The woman's cervical mucus gives this long life to the sperm. In other biological environments such as the vagina, sperm may live only a few hours. In contrast, the egg has a life-span of only about one day from the time it bursts from the ovary. Thus, fertilization can occur anytime live sperm meet up with a live egg, which can happen even if the sperm are deposited up to seven days in advance of ovulation.
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