A surprising idea, but it makes sense

I had a Thingamababy Appointment at the doctor's today. Everything is good, normal, good, good, normal, everything seems fine ... except the baby is small.

Tiny.

About 2-Weeks Tiny, in fact.

And in the light of everything else being normal, good and fine, my doctor decided to "take the scan date" which means instead of the due date being 1st August, it is now 13th August.

I wasn't sure at first, because my babies are normally small and early. But it occurred to me that if I keep the current date, the rest of my pregnancy will be filled with "Your baby is small, we'll send you off for a growth scan" and *sigh* I've been there before.

Everything is always normal, the baby is always born early and small, and everyone is happy.

(Except the baby who cries like an Angry Thing for the next year ... few years ... actually, I'm not sure when they stop.)

So here's the thing. The official due date is now changed, and will be about a fortnight later than it was.

Then another few things occurred to me.

This may explain the small and mystifying bleed at 13 days.

This may explain why the pregnancy test didn't go positive until 6 weeks, instead of the 4 weeks I'm used to.

This may explain why I didn't get nauseous until 8 weeks, instead of the 6 weeks I'm used to.

This may explain why I didn't stop being nauseous until 14 weeks, unlike the 12 weeks I'm used to.

This may explain why I didn't feel the baby until 19* weeks, unlike the 16 weeks I'm used to.

Huh.

Well there you go.

Thingamababy

* - apparently Thingamababy tacked on an extra week due to the extra - um, adipose tissue - that he/she has to kick through.