Countdown to your due date
👶 Thursday, May 20, 2027
Your due date is 220 days away.
📌 That date is just an example. Set your own below and you'll get a link with your date in it, and this page keeps the background.
That's 31 weeks and 3 days to go.
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Only about one baby in twenty actually arrives on the due date, so treat this as the middle of the window rather than an appointment. Set yours below and watch the weeks come down.
Pick your date in the picker above. The link you get back carries the date, this background and every colour you changed.
A due date is 40 weeks, or 280 days, counted from the first day of the last period. 👶 It is a midpoint rather than an appointment: fewer than one baby in twenty actually arrives on the day itself.
Treat it like a train timetable in bad weather. The board says 14:32, everyone knows it means somewhere between 14:00 and 15:30, and nobody is surprised either way.
- Full term covers weeks 37 to 42, which is a five week landing zone rather than a single day.
- Counting in weeks helps more than counting in days near the end. The counter shows both.
- Share the link with family and stop answering the same text every morning. ⏳
The 40 weeks in days
| Milestone | Day |
|---|---|
| End of first trimester | 91 |
| Halfway | 140 |
| End of second trimester | 189 |
| Full term begins | 259 |
| Due date | 280 |
Questions people ask
What if the baby comes early?
The counter flips and starts counting up, so the page becomes an age counter instead.
Is this medical advice?
No. It is a calendar tool. Your midwife or doctor has the date that matters.
More background: Due dates on Wikipedia