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In order to determine the date when you baby is due
you need to know the date on which your last period
began. The expected date of delivery is based on the
supposition that pregnancy lasts 40 weeks from the beginning
of your last period and a regular 28-day cycle. The
majority of normal pregnancies end between two weeks
before and two weeks after the calculated date. A pregnancy
of 38 or 42 weeks duration is quite common and will
have no adverse effect on you or your baby.
However, if you have not had at
least three cycles following a previous pregnancy, miscarriage,
abortion or stopping an oral contraceptive pill, the
first date of your last period cannot be relied on to
predict your expected date of delivery. In these circumstances
your date will normally be calculated by an examination
of the size of your uterus or an ultrasound scan of
the foetus.
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