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• Re: DateTime::Pregnancy Pulled from CPAN (Score:1)

  by jmcnamara (659)

  The Date::Time issue apart, this is a nice idea.

  I remember that during my wife's first pregnancy I wrote a script to tell me what week she was in.

  It is the type of thing that I haven't had time to write at any time since then. :-)

  Good work.
  
  • Re: DateTime::Pregnancy Pulled from CPAN (Score:2)

    by jonasbn (1153)

    Just out of curiosity, can you remember, which method your script was based on?
    
    jonasbn
    • Re: DateTime::Pregnancy Pulled from CPAN (Score:2)

      by bart (450)

      Hmm... I don't know about what's the habit where you live, but here it's customary to start counting from the start of the last period. So that's well 2 weeks or so, before the actual pregnancy.

      No, it's not just here [birthingnaturally.net].
      • Re: DateTime::Pregnancy Pulled from CPAN (Score:2)

        by jonasbn (1153) <reversethis-{gro.napc} {ta} {nbsanoj}> on 2004.10.14 5:58 (#35180) Homepage Journal

        Hello,
        
        We use the same calculation methods as described on the page you refer to.
        
        I have created some tests validating the numbers of my calculations against the numbers we got from our own doctor (in the case of my girlfriend's pregnancy) and these are a match (I am currently trying to obtain more test data).
        
        But I do not understand what you are referring to since the methods I use all are based on the first date of the last period (that is common for the 3 methods I have knowledge of), they are not based on a conception date.
        
        I have not implemented a calculate_conception_date even though I could possibly estimate it as well as I attempt to estimate the birthdate.
        
        Do I understand your post correctly, that there might be problem with the calculation of week and month number, which could be of by 2 weeks, is that what you are referring to?

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