What date did i conceive pregnancy?

Question

My cycles are a bit irregular so im not fully sure when it actually happened. The doc gave a due date from the scan but i still wanna understand how to figure the conception date. anyone know how its calculated?

Ilakiya Parekh · Answer

Hard to pin one exact date. They count from last period and the early scan adjusts it. Dont stress over the exact day, the due date is what matters.

Radha Goyal · Answer

The early scan will give you the closest date. Hard to know exactly otherwise.

Heena Bangera · Answer

My doc said conception usually happens around ovulation, roughly 2 weeks after the first day of your last period in a regular cycle. But the scan gives the most accurate dating. She corrected my dates after the first ultrasound actually.

Gayatri Mahajan · Answer

I wondered the same thing. They told me conception is approx 2 weeks before the date the doctor counts as your pregnancy week. Confusing but the scan sorted it out for me.

Falak Pawar · Answer

I tracked my cycle on an app so I had a rough idea of my ovulation window, which is around when you conceive. But the early dating scan is the real confirmation, trust that over guessing.