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AM I RESPONSIBLE, FOR THE PREGNANCY
Hello, i had a sexual intercourse with a lady on the 17th of April 2015 but on the 17th of May 2015, she told me that she was 6 weeks pregnant instead of 4 weeks pregnant after going for a lab test. The test result says 6 weeks!!! Is it possible I could be responsible for the pregnancy?
Please, I need a help. Thanks
Please, I need a help. Thanks
Thanks AnnieBrooke, you have made my day and am so happy. Remain blessed. My doubt has been cleared.
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Hi, petshop, yes you could. If the test says 6 weeks "gestational age," this is a kind of confusing way that doctors and all medical people count pregnancy. They count not from the assumed date of the conception of the baby, but from the first day of the woman's last period that she had before getting pregnant.
The usual time gap between the first day of bleeding of the period and ovulation (and conception) for most women is about two weeks. So, day 1 of the count is the first day of the period, at day 14, she would conceive, and then at, say, day 28 the doctor tells her she is "four weeks pregnant" even though it has only been two weeks since conception, and at day 42 from the first day of the last period he tells her she is 6 weeks "pregnant" even though it has only been 4 weeks since conception.
The reason they do this is because in the days before ultrasounds, the only starting point a doc had to determine how far along a woman was, was the first day of her last period. It's a big obvious signal, and conception is hidden and unknown. So they add two weeks at the front of the count in order to calibrate the count back to that first day of bleeding of the period, and call pregnancy 40 weeks long. Pregnancy from conception to full term is only 38 weeks long, but they need that two weeks at the front end, to count back to the period.
The doc is not saying she got pregnant on day 1 of her period, he knows she did not, she was having her period! But this is the medical way to count even so.
I hope you have not said anything rude to the pregnant lady. You're the guy as far as timing goes. Certainly you are within your right to have a DNA test done when the baby comes, but I would not hit her with that statement this week. Tell her near the end of the pregnancy that "of course we will do a DNA test when the baby is born." Just assume it, after all, child support is a long commitment. But don't make the comment insulting, this is probably your baby and you don't want to have her be your enemy from day 1. You could also check with the local family courts and see if a DNA test is required if child support is going to be granted -- I have to assume it is -- and then you can just blame those pesky rules and not be personally insulting to her.
The usual time gap between the first day of bleeding of the period and ovulation (and conception) for most women is about two weeks. So, day 1 of the count is the first day of the period, at day 14, she would conceive, and then at, say, day 28 the doctor tells her she is "four weeks pregnant" even though it has only been two weeks since conception, and at day 42 from the first day of the last period he tells her she is 6 weeks "pregnant" even though it has only been 4 weeks since conception.
The reason they do this is because in the days before ultrasounds, the only starting point a doc had to determine how far along a woman was, was the first day of her last period. It's a big obvious signal, and conception is hidden and unknown. So they add two weeks at the front of the count in order to calibrate the count back to that first day of bleeding of the period, and call pregnancy 40 weeks long. Pregnancy from conception to full term is only 38 weeks long, but they need that two weeks at the front end, to count back to the period.
The doc is not saying she got pregnant on day 1 of her period, he knows she did not, she was having her period! But this is the medical way to count even so.
I hope you have not said anything rude to the pregnant lady. You're the guy as far as timing goes. Certainly you are within your right to have a DNA test done when the baby comes, but I would not hit her with that statement this week. Tell her near the end of the pregnancy that "of course we will do a DNA test when the baby is born." Just assume it, after all, child support is a long commitment. But don't make the comment insulting, this is probably your baby and you don't want to have her be your enemy from day 1. You could also check with the local family courts and see if a DNA test is required if child support is going to be granted -- I have to assume it is -- and then you can just blame those pesky rules and not be personally insulting to her.
The doctors always add two weeks. That is why I always get confused it makes it sseem like a woman cheated or was already pregnant before intercourse with the person that got her pregnant. That is Just how I feel...i hate that they add two weeks. :) I wasnt even pregnant then I wasnt even having sex before the day I got pregnant.
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