Estimating a due date
This calculator uses Naegele's rule โ a 40-week (280-day) gestation counted from the first day of your last menstrual period. Choose the conception date instead and the equivalent last period is taken as two weeks earlier, which is the same convention clinics use. It is an estimate for planning, not a medical assessment: only about 1 in 20 births occur exactly on the due date, and a dating scan from your healthcare provider is the authoritative answer.
Worked example
With a last period starting Monday 1 June 2026 and a typical 28-day cycle, conception is estimated around 15 June and the due date falls on Sunday 7 March 2027. The second trimester starts 13 weeks after the last period, on 31 August 2026, and the third starts at 27 weeks, on 7 December 2026.
What the numbers mean
"How far along" is completed weeks plus days of gestation today, written the way midwives write it โ 12 weeks 3 days. Days remaining counts down to the estimated due date and goes past it if that date has already passed, which is normal and happens to a large share of first pregnancies. None of this replaces antenatal care: use it to plan leave, appointments, and travel, and confirm every date with your provider.