15dpo, 2 positive pee tests... and a heckuva lot of questions, most of which are probably not relevant to this forum, or have probably been addressed already, so here's the short list, and apologies for questions that have been covered before here
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1. Some people continue to chart. I stopped because every morning I took my temperature I'd panic that it was going to drop (which could be a sign of a miscarriage). I didn't want to deal with that stress when I woke up.
2. Yes, the beginning of pregnancy is measured from the start of your last period. It seems odd because there's no baby in there yet, but that's what they do. If you have irregular periods then the doctor may just go by your ovulation date and add two weeks.
3. Check out the the pregnant community. There is A LOT of useful stuff there.
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It seems reasonable to me to go by ovulation date + 2 weeks (since all the counters assume 14 days between period and ovulation.
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So when you're due at 40 weeks, the fetus is 38 weeks old. There are reasons for why the medical comumunity did that, but there's the jist.
I like the natural birth community here. (You can find it in my profile.) Though it's geared towards childbirth, you could ask questions there about pregnancy and will answers closer to what it sounds like you're looking for.
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I admit that with all the crazy hormones I've dealt with in the past, I'm a little paranoid about miscarrying, so thanks for the heads-up about continuing to chart. I'll put away my thermometer for a while.
And thanks for the forum and book suggestions as well! I'll check those out.
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2. When you know your ovulation date, just add 2 weeks and pretend that's your LMP for the sake of calculating dates.
3. I hated What to Expect, too. I liked Week by Week a bit better.
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http ://www. babycenter.com/pregnancy-due-date-calculator
That calculator actually gives you a "calculate by date of conception" option. I plugged in your numbers and got January 4th, 2012. I'm not sure if there's a January2012 due date comm yet, but you could probably join december2011 in the meantime.
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