"My due date was off by 6 weeks. Nobody questioned it."
My first appointment at Brigham & Women's in Boston gave me a due date of August 27. I moved back home to Wisconsin at 6 months pregnant and my new doctor said September 5. My daughter was born October 7 after being induced with Pitocin โ and she was only 6 pounds 7 ounces. If she was really that late, she should have been much bigger. Something was seriously wrong with that estimate, and nobody caught it. Oh, and I was already delivering before my doctor got back in the room because they told me I was only 3cm and didn't believe I needed to push...
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A 6 lb 7 oz baby at supposedly 42+ weeks? That math doesn't add up at all. A truly post-dates baby would likely be much larger with signs of being overcooked. The first due date was probably correct and the second doctor got it wrong. This could have been dangerous.
They changed my due date THREE times during my pregnancy. Each time a new ultrasound tech had a different opinion. It's terrifying how imprecise this science still is when it matters most.
And then you were already delivering before the doctor even got back in the room because they didn't believe you at 3cm. Women in labor know their bodies. Why is this so hard for medical professionals to accept?