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12 Dec 2022, 4:59 am

Why is that due date calculators have years that hasn’t happened yet. What might be the reason?



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12 Dec 2022, 12:13 pm

Calculators have due dates?



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12 Dec 2022, 12:19 pm

Well, you can find it online.



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12 Dec 2022, 5:26 pm

What exactly is a due date on a calculator? "Due date" sounds like the date when a pregnant woman is supposed to have her baby. :)



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12 Dec 2022, 5:28 pm

Very simple. Because the pregnancies haven't happened yet. They probably have due dates, say, in 2025. Is there actually a baby who will be due to be born in 2025?



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12 Dec 2022, 5:34 pm

Families use the calculators to plan ahead for subsequent pregnancies, especially now that some birth control lasts for a year or more (injections, IUDs).

Calculators are also needed in assisted reproduction because the couple / single parent normally needs a lengthy protocol of hormonal treatments which can last a year or more. Appointments and treatments with fertility clinics and specialists are made months (if not sometimes over a year) ahead of time.


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12 Dec 2022, 6:58 pm

So. Why would someone have a baby in 2025, anyway?



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12 Dec 2022, 8:06 pm

Here I was thinking about due dates for library books :lol:


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12 Dec 2022, 8:17 pm

ivyeight6 wrote:
So. Why would someone have a baby in 2025, anyway?



Probably the same reason someone would have a baby in 2022, or 2006, 1983, or 1968.


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13 Dec 2022, 1:07 am

ivyeight6 wrote:
So. Why would someone have a baby in 2025, anyway?

There are kids born every year for various reasons so I predict 2025 will be like that.



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16 Dec 2022, 3:26 am

Okay, then. Well, what various reasons?