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Scottish Posted 9 years ago
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I was trying to understand the sentence below but did not, especially using " would have been".
Most conception and pregnancy research shows babies are conceived around two weeks before your next period would have been due - which is the same as saying conception begins two weeks after the start of your last normal period.
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Yes, this is not very well worded. The "would have been" phrase means that you expect a period to occur but it does not because you are already pregnant. Let me reword it slightly and see if that helps.
- Yes, this is not very well worded.
- The "would have been" phrase means that you expect a period to occur but it does not because you are already pregnant.
- Let me reword it slightly and see if that helps.
- Most research into conception and pregnancy research shows that babies are conceived around about two weeks before you would expect your next period to begin would have been due - which is the same as saying conception begins two weeks after the start of your last normal period.
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Yes, this is not very well worded. The "would have been" phrase means that you expect a period to occur but it does not because you are already pregnant. Let me reword it slightly and see if that helps.
Most research into conception and pregnancy research shows that babies are conceived around about two weeks before you would e
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