Do you want to know your delivery date? How does a doctor find out your due date so easily? There is an answer to it.
Most doctors rely on the assistance from the formulas and modern technology.
Actually, there are many due date calculations that you can use.
The methods include computerized applications, counting nine months from the day of your last period and other traditional means.
Different countries, societies have different ways of calculating pregnancy the date.
They just start by counting nine months from the last period the woman had.
Then the method evolved.
Now, the calculation has been standardized and it is easier to find out more accurate date.
Now, the most used formula to calculate the pregnancy due date is to add nine months from the beginning of last period.
Then subtract two weeks.
If you want to put simpler pregnancy due date, you can calculate by adding 40 weeks to the first day of the last period.
Then you subtract 14 days from the date.
This method is called LMP or last menstrual period formula.
Another method is called Naegle's formula.
You need to know the first day of the last menstrual period.
Then you go back three months and add seven days to that.
The result is your due date.
The year will be the following year, of course.
Modern technology uses other way to calculate the date.
It has 98 per cent accuracy.
They use ultrasound machine.
The machine can calculate more precise stage of pregnancy including the date of delivery.
There are many ways that you can use to calculate the date.
In the end, you should know the date when you are going to deliver.
This is for your preparation for bringing in a new life to the world.