Finding out the due date

Once after you found that you are pregnant, the next exciting thing is to find out the due date. Due date is the most probable date, when your baby is going to see this beautiful world. All pregnant women will be very eager to know their due date. Calculating the due date is very simple, if you know your last menstrual period starting date. The average time or days for the fetal development are 280 days or 40 weeks or 9 months and 7 days. However, for this calculation, you need to remember your LMP date correctly. In general, the delivery done in between 38 weeks to 42 weeks is considered the full term. When the baby is born before 38 weeks, it is called premature baby and if the baby is yet to be born after 42 weeks, then the pregnant woman will be induced or forced to deliver the baby naturally or through a c-section.