I always thought that the term “conception date” was the actual day the woman was pregnant. It didn’t matter to me that it was not the actual day the baby was conceived. As time went on, it became more and more of a part of the story. To many of us, it’s just part of the story in the sense that we don’t have a whole lot of control over it.
As I mentioned, conception dates can change, and the actual day of conception is not the same as the day on which an ultrasound was performed. The day on which a pregnancy is confirmed is more important for women with complicated medical conditions, who are at high risk of having a miscarriage. In many states, it’s illegal for doctors to perform ultrasounds on women who are pregnant, so they are usually scheduled well before the actual day on which conception occurs.
That’s not to say that a woman can’t get an ultrasound done in time for the actual day of conception, but that may not be possible when you have a medical condition or have a very early delivery, etc.
The problem is that the ultrasound date is just a number that is not always the same. The ultrasound is only really accurate to a certain degree. It will give you an estimate of the exact day of conception, but it will only be as accurate as the physician on site is able to interpret it. A woman with an irregular (or non-regular) ultrasound will have an estimated day of conception that may not be accurate.
That is why the ultrasound should always be performed within 24 hours of the date of conception. The date of conception doesn’t always match the ultrasound date, and if the ultrasound is not consistent, then there could be a problem.
For the most part, it’s a pretty safe bet that the ultrasound is correct. It is possible, though, that the doctor may have missed an implant or an abnormality, and the ultrasound may not have picked up on it. If your doctor doesn’t make those sorts of mistakes, and the doctor is very detailed and thorough in his or her explanation, there should be no problem with this.
I know this is a really, really long sentence so I’m sorry in advance that it has a question mark in it since I didn’t know what it was about.
It’s a pretty safe bet that the doctor missed an abnormality or implant, but this is just in case you need to ask. It’s a very serious situation, which can arise if the doctor is thorough, and not overlooking something (like, say, a tumor) that could have serious long-term consequences (like, say, cancer).
The doctor who had the scan said that the most likely cause of her error is that the baby did not have a birth weight that would have allowed for all the necessary nutrients to be delivered to a fetus that would have been able to develop normally. We don’t know yet if this is the cause of the problem, but she says that the pregnancy could be “very abnormal.
The fetus can be anywhere from five to fifteen pounds, but it would be impossible to say with certainty because we don’t know exactly how the doctor scanned the fetus.