Your Pregnancy

PREGNANT! WHAT NOW?

One of the first things you might wonder is what day your baby is likely to be born. It’s no exact science. A full-term(Simon & Schuster): subtract three months from the first day of your last period, and then add seven days. This is how it works: your last period started on 1 April. Count three months back, and you have 1 January. Add seven days, and 8 January should be the big day. Your doctor will of course also give you a sonar-determined date. The earlier sonar dates are usually the most accurate.

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