#Baby countdown to due date for free#

To figure out the exact weeks leading up to your due date, you can buy a pregnancy calculator wheel online.

Once you’ve printed off your countdown, write down the beginning date of each week of your pregnancy.

#Baby countdown to due date for free#

Just click on the link below to download your free printable to hang in your home for 40 weeks! I offer this printable for FREE to all visitors of my blog, but if you’d like to show your support, feel free to buy me a taco 🌮.Ĭlick here for your free 40-week pregnancy countdown printable Three printable countdowns to choose from Fill in the dates on the countdown I designed three different countdowns depending on your tastes. This printable is an easy way to keep track every step of the way and enjoy every moment. Plus, people are always asking me how far along I am. Yay! I have to admit even after having four babies, I still get nervous, excited and scared all at the same time. This will be baby number five and we’re finally getting our girl. So, I am well into my 30th week of pregnancy. It’s like Christmas but for adults, ha ha! That’s why I created this adorable and free 40-week pregnancy countdown so you can mark off every week that you get closer to meeting your little one. It will be worth the wait for everyone.Being pregnant is so exciting! Every mom can’t wait for that big day when her new baby finally arrives. Trust that your baby will know when the time is right for his/her big debut. Consider telling family and friends that you are due “sometime in May” rather than on a specific day in order to prevent a daily barrage of phone calls near the end of your pregnancy. If you are “overdue,” just count it as more time to establish a bond with your baby, to prepare mentally for parenthood, to discuss your support person’s role during the birth, and to ready your home for your baby’s arrival.

Remember: Your due date is an estimate of when you will give birth, not a guarantee. When you let your baby choose their own birthday, it means they’re really ready to begin life outside the womb. Research has shown that a first-time birth resulting from an induction is twice as likely to result in a cesarean as when labor starts on its own. Induction isn’t without risks for you, either. These “near-term” infants (as they are known) can have trouble breathing, staying warm, and breastfeeding, and they often need special hospital care after birth. But because the due date is unreliable in the first place, inducing the baby may cause them to be born too soon. Many people (and their health care providers) become so attached to their due date that when the baby doesn’t come on that day, they schedule an induction. The only thing you’ll know for sure is that you should give birth within two weeks before or after that day. Take note of the word “approximate ” your baby will grow and mature on their own schedule. Your approximate due date is that day within the next year. Babies have a gestational period of about 280 days, so count back three months from the first day of your last period and add seven more days. If you do know the date of your last period, try the following calculation, called Naegele’s Rule. In fact, there’s really no need for a sonogram to determine a due date unless you don’t know the date of your last period. So, while many health-care providers keep giving ultrasounds to reassess the due date throughout pregnancy, the date is actually becoming less accurate as time goes by. Until 13 weeks of gestation, most babies grow at the same rate, but as pregnancy progresses, fetal size corresponds less and less to the amount of time that the baby is in the womb. A date based on an ultrasound can be off by a week or more depending on the skill of the technician, the timing of the sonogram and the size of the baby.

Many health-care providers use a sonogram to pinpoint your due date, but don’t be swayed by technology. For the other 90 percent of pregnant people, what does your due date really mean? Your baby doesn’t have a calendar, however, so it is no surprise that less than ten percent of babies actually arrive on the date they are due. Unfortunately, a specified due date has made everyone (family and friends included) place too much emphasis on a precise day-to the point that they plan their life around it. For earlier generations of women, the concept of a due date was “around Thanksgiving” or “late fall.” As birth moved from home to hospital, women were given the approximate date when they should expect to be confined to a hospital bed, called the “estimated date of confinement.” Eventually, this term evolved into “expected date of delivery,” now called “due date.”