Calculating Your Due Date: A Comprehensive Guide

Don't find yourself stuck out of town and in an uncomfortable, unfamiliar place when your labor begins. You can estimate the due date of your new child -- to help you make the proper plans and be prepared for the birth of your new baby.

Things You'll Need

• Calendar
• Pen
• Paper

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Instructions

• 1

  Determine the date of the last day of your menstrual cycle. The last day of your menstrual cycle is the day before your first day of bleeding.

• 2

  Count back three months, from the date of your last menstrual cycle.

• 3

  Add seven days to this date.

• 4

  Add one year to your new date and you have your estimated due date.