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Calculating the Age of a Pregnancy
Posted: 01-21-06 05:54am

if i had my last period on the 19h of dec 05 how far pregnant am i?


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Posted: 01-29-06 09:23am

The age of a pregnancy is counted from the first day of the last period. If your last period (menstruation) started on the 19th of December, then you are 5 weeks and 6 days pregnant on today’s date (1/28/2006).


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