https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:11:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-due-date#post-1241547 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 12:35:40 +0000 MamaMoose 1241547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would go with the 29th. The latest date possible to stop people from asking "have you had the baby yet??" when the time comes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-due-date#post-1241532 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 12:31:59 +0000 jedeve 1241532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>People would ALWAYS ask me "what day?" So weird! No idea why they would care. I think usually it was because they wanted to see if it would be on their/someone they knew's birthday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-due-date#post-1223435 Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:55:56 +0000 LovelyPlum 1223435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been saying mid-April, but some people do just ask for a date. I told my parents my "official" date, April 9, but to most people who ask, I say the 15th, so they won't pester me when the baby's not here yet on the 9th ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-due-date#post-1223375 Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:37:36 +0000 catomd00 1223375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just pick a date and go with it. You're likely closer to the 29th if you have a general idea when you ovulated. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-due-date#post-1223263 Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:54:48 +0000 nana87 1223263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>that's so funny, no one has pushed me for an exact due date--I usually just say "April" or "mid to late April" (mine in 4/19) and that's all they want to hear! Only my parents have wanted to know more exactly, but that has to do with my mom's travel schedule than anything else </p> <p>anywho, I'd just say "according to one calculation, the 22nd, and another, the 29th, so somewhere around then!" </p> <p>there was some study I read about last summer that says a normal gestation period can vary from 37 to 42 weeks naturally, so it's all a crapshoot anyway! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-due-date#post-1223243 Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:45:25 +0000 Silva 1223243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a similar issue, with dates almost exactly the same. I generally said "the end of April." If people pressed, I would either explain "well, I thought it was this date, but the growth is suggesting this date." Or, eventually, I just picked a date (April 25th!) because I liked it for a few reasons, and said "around" then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-due-date#post-1223240 Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:42:38 +0000 rachiecakes 1223240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Beyond2: at first I was told December 7th, then it was December 15th. I knew I could expect a baby around that time.<br /> I ended up being high risk and getting a ton of ultrasounds at the end, but I never fixated on one date in particular. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-due-date#post-1223236 Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:40:13 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1223236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Beyond2: a girl I workd with would say "according to one thing Dec 11th, according to another, Dec 2. Somewhere in there!" </p> <p>I don't think anyone thought she didn't know her dates because it was an accident. Or you couls just pick a date in the middle! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-due-date#post-1223198 Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:22:36 +0000 Ash 1223198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>People don't remember dates anyways... I'd just pick the later date. Plus, they're only a few days apart... not months apart. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-due-date#post-1223190 Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:19:36 +0000 Foodnerd81 1223190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is tell ppl the later date. That will limit the "still no baby?" Comments! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-due-date#post-1223181 Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:15:45 +0000 bushelandapeck 1223181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree. Just pick a random date in between and tell them babies are hardly ever born on there EDD :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-due-date#post-1223177 Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:14:04 +0000 MrsF 1223177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same here - I would just make one up to keep 'em quiet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-due-date#post-1223172 Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:11:33 +0000 kiddosc 1223172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yea, I'd probably just pick a date and go with it. They don't need to know all the details. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-due-date#post-1223166 Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:07:19 +0000 Mamaof2 1223166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would just split the difference and tell them April 25th :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-due-date#post-1223161 Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:05:40 +0000 Beyond2 1223161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just for some back story, I am 18 weeks pregnant and have not had an ultrasound. This is totally intentional. My husband and I prefer to limit ultrasounds and we are waiting until next year for insurance purposes. Our ultrasound will be around 24 weeks. </p> <p>If I base my due date off of the day I think I ovulated I get a due date of April 29. If I based it off of my last period, my due date is April 22. My midwife isn't concerned over a week and neither am I. I realize that the due date doesn't mean much in the grand scheme anyways. </p> <p>Now for my problem... I've been telling people that I'm due the end of April. Everybody wants to know a specific date. I hate explaining my dates because it makes it sound like LO #2 was unplanned to people that aren't up to date on TTC lingo and that is totally not the case. People already have opinions on that because my first was only 10 months old when we conceived though anyways... Did anyone else not have a due date? How did you deal with questions and pushy people? I'm finding this extremely annoying lately! </p>