DUE DATE ACCURACY

[Marbella89]

First pregnancy...Hello ladies I was wondering how accurate your due dates were to the day of your actual delivery? How many weeks/days before or after did you delivery your first baby or second or third if you have multiple children? Was it normal or were you induced?

[xojensen_]

Only 4% of women actually go in labor in their actual due date. They're are just a estimate not an actual set date

[lousie_1986]

Very much an estimate. A lot of factors come into play, genetics (if women in your family tend to deliver later, then chances are you will), which birth it is (first is more likely to gestate longer), baby's hormones (when they release them to trigger birth), plus ovulation times are different for different women, dating scans can be off by up to a week even in early weeks...it's why everyone works out due dates with their doctor differently, on a case by case basis.
My first was over by 11 days (based on dating scan), second was on her due date (based on morphology scan - I didn't have a proper EDD before then, was more like a wild guess) :)

[phenana]

It's an estimated due date, rarely accurate. I've had 1 born on my due date

[Redstorm_2]

Second was  a  vbac natural labor  forgot to add that

[Redstorm_2]

First pregnancy over by three days c section after two days of induced labor after fluid was low  Second  came  early by 4 days by estimated lmp date but exact date by first ultrasound due date if that make sense  doctor wouldn't change date since it wasn't over 2 weeks off