I just found out I'm expecting and I'm trying to track my pregnancy accurately. My doctor mentioned using my LMP to calculate the weeks. Can someone explain how to calculate the weeks of pregnancy from my last menstrual period?
I totally understand the sheer joy and excitement of counting down every single week till you hold your sweet baby. Just mark the first day of your last period on your calendar and count forward. Each passing week is a beautiful milestone.
Haha, my sleep-deprived brain can barely do basic addition right now, but I remember this! You just count from the day your last period started. It sounds weird because you weren't actually pregnant during those first two weeks, but that's standard medical math!
I just delivered recently and remember being so obsessed with this calculation! You basically count from the very first day of your Last Menstrual Period (LMP). So, if your LMP was 5 weeks ago, you are considered 5 weeks pregnant today, even though ovulation happened later.
It is super easy to calculate! Just count the weeks starting from the first day of your last period. 🗓️ There are also so many free online pregnancy trackers that do it for you in a click! Happy tracking! 🥰
I count my weeks based on my latest food cravings! But seriously, just count the number of weeks since your last period started. If it was 6 weeks ago, you are 6 weeks pregnant—definitely a good excuse to celebrate with some dessert!
