Bridget's Pregnancy Blog

So, according to the calculated date, I’m now “full term”- 37 weeks. Which means that the baby could, theoretically be born at any time.

I have my own issues about the dating, since I think my actual due date should be about a week later than it is. It was already changed once because the calculated date and the date based on my ultrasounds didn’t match up.

They calculate based on last menstrual period (LMP), but that can be inaccurate due to a lot of reasons- irregular cycles, late ovulation, late implantation, etc. My original “due date” (or “guess date” more accurately) was December 27th.

Many doctors will change the date if the first ultrasound shows a significantly different age for the fetus, which mine did. At our first ultrasound, my baby was measuring about 12 days younger via ultrasound than when using the calculations.

They didn’t change the date right away for me, however, but waited until the second ultrasound, when he was still measuring about 10 days behind, to push my due date out one week. So now, my “due date” is January 3rd.

I’m still fairly convinced that the first ultrasound was correct and he’s really about 12 days younger than the original calculation instead of just one week. (Which would be January 8th) If I’m right, I won’t really reach 37 weeks for another 6 days. Which I am completely fine with!

In actuality, I don’t want him to be born until January. December is always so busy and I think it’s hard for a kid to have a birthday that kinda gets lost in all of the holiday stuff.

My partner Justin’s birthday is December 21st and he pointed out that as a child he always hated getting one “birthday and Christmas” present all together instead of getting two separate celebrations like all the other kids who didn’t have a holiday season birthday. So we’d like to spare the baby that.

Everyone except us also thinks it would be a great idea to have the baby on New Years Eve at midnight. I am really hoping to avoid that one!

My own preference leans toward January 6th. I would love to have him on that day because it is the end of Christmas season (the twelfth day of Christmas) and the beginning of Carnival season! I think that would be a great time to have a birthday.

So every day, I’ve been talking to the baby and telling him “I know it sounds really interesting out here, but trust me, you want to wait until January!” Don’t know if he’ll listen or not, but it’s worth a try.