What is the full form of EDD ?

Edd Description:
The full form of EDD Is the Estimated date of delivery or the estimated due date and due date.
Estimated date of delivery or estimated due date is a term that describes the estimated or calculated supposed delivery date or time for a pregnant woman.
EDD or estimated delivery date is the due date when doctors accept the child delivery of that woman. Normally the EDD lasts between 37 weeks to 42 weeks.
EDD is also known as the expected date of confinement where confinement is a traditional term that refers to the period of pregnancy when a royal woman would withdraw from society in medieval and be confined to their rooms with midwives.
The estimation of EDD is a process and there are many methods to calculate the estimated date of delivery. The estimated due date is calculated in two steps –
First, the time point to be used is determined as the origin for the estimated age. Here this estimated starting point is the woman’s last normal menstrual period (LMP) or the corresponding time that is estimated by a more accurate method. In these methods, the 14 days to a known duration from the time of fertilization is added.
The second step of EDD calculation is where the estimated age at childbirth is added to the above time period. Normally the childbirth happens at an estimated age of 280 days or 40 weeks. This is the time period of childbirth is generally used as a standard estimation for individual pregnancies.
In this two-step of EDD calculation, it is required to calculate the estimation of gestational age, estimation of gestational age at childbirth etc.
These are the steps to calculate the estimation of gestational age –
The estimated age at childbirth is generally 40 weeks or 280 days and this is often used as the standard estimation for any individual pregnancies.
This is the common method of calculating of Estimated delivery date –
The estimated due date LMP is the