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Q: Calculating the Age of a Pregnancy

asked by: DoctorQuestion on January 21st, 2006

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

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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD

replied on January 29th, 2006

First Trimester of Pregnancy Answer A236

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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