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Can a dodoctor get your conception date wrong even looking at the baby inside you? how accurate is a conception date?

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Dr. Gerard Honore answered

Specializes in Fertility Medicine

Depends: A 1st trimester ultrasound, if done correctly, will date you within one week of conception.

Answered 4/5/2013

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