Are you worried about your pregnancy due date? Well, your worry is over for now you can calculate your date of delivery with the help of a pregnancy calculator. But, remember, such calendars only give average calculations and are not as accurate as you might expect them to be. However, they are enough to fulfill your curiosity of knowing when your baby is about to arrive. Significance Of Knowing Pregnancy Due Date
First of all, it relaxes you. You know when to start preparing for last stage of pregnancy and your delivery. Secondly, you won't panic while encountering Braxton Hicks Contractions, also known as false labor. You will know when to rush to the hospital.
Tips To Detect Your Pregnancy Due Date
# False labor pains - Most women are tricked by them and think them to be the commencement of true labor. These contractions disappear as soon as you start breathing deeply or engage in some physical activity. This happens in the third trimester pregnancy. False labor becomes more frequent as you approach your pregnancy due date.
# Expelling of mucous plug - As the plug blocking your cervix is ejected, coming out. This happens three days before delivery.
# Water breaks - Due to the removal of mucous plug from the cervix, there is a gush of water. Some women experience trickling of water. This is known as water breaks and it takes place a day before delivery. Once the water breaks, no one can stop the baby from coming out!
# In addition to this, you might experience back pain, accumulation of gas, and even diarrhea as you approach your pregnancy due date. There is nothing to worry about, as these are your body's ways of telling you that the last pregnancy trimester is about to get over and it's time to give birth to your baby.
# Nesting - This is an interesting phenomenon that occurs just a few hours before delivery! You feel full of energy and start preparing to welcome the new born by arranging your baby's pram, arranging the wardrobe and such other things. Although this sudden activity on the part of the mom-to-be seems surprising, but it's true! Your motherly instincts start showing up in the last stage of pregnancy and you are ready to take up the job of rearing your new born!
