Tag: Due Date
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Simple Question, No Accurate Answer Part 2
Update: Dr. Naegele, circa 1850, determined that the average length of human gestation was approximately 266 days from conception. He assumed that the average woman had cycles that lasted 28 days and that she ovulated on Day 14 of her cycle. He used his data to come up with a mathematical calculation for due dates: ((LMP […]
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Simple Question, No Accurate Answer
I thought that to find out a due date, the calculation would be quite simple. In the past I have always heard about the 40 weeks of pregnancy and assumed that there was an exact science around this. Obviously, I realise now, this is not the case. The popular method of doing this seems to […]