curiosity

as this is my first pregnancy I'm still on a huge learning curve, I'm very curious to  find out if first babies are likely to come early, on time or late? I realise babies come when they are good and ready, but I'm really curious to hear other peoples stories.

 

Edited by Zasha

My first daughter was born nearly five days after her EDD, and that's the thing, the 'E' in EDD is for 'estimated' and with my second daughter it took a lot of work to get away from the mindset of expecting her to come on a particular day (she was born at nearly 42 weeks).

Jackson was 2 weeks early

Week early

Ella was 2 days early (but I always thought that my EDD should have been a couple of days earlier, so I guess she was pretty much on time).

Sam was two days early, but he was an elective c-section for kneeling breech presentation. Up until my c-section I had absolutely no signs of labour, and because of the position he was in, I doubt labour would have started anyway.

This baby, well.   I'm nearly a week overdue and up until a few days ago I was getting my hopes up at every little cramp or sign, but I've given up worrying now and am just trying to enjoy my last few days of reasonably good sleep. I'm being induced next week if he doesn't come on his own before then.

bailey was 4 days late by my dates but 5 days early by the first scan

aidan was 13 1/2 weeks early

"Fewer than 5% of births occur on the due date; 50% of births are within a week of the due date, and almost 90% within 2 weeks.[18] It is much more useful, therefore, to consider a range of due dates, rather than one specific day"

Wikipedia, not sure how accurate it is , but I like the part where it says to have a range of due dates rather than one specific day .

Caitlyn was due on the 31st of May , born on the 8th of June

Ty was due on the 21st of June and born on the 27th of June
...so both mine were late .
Caitlyn however, had a LOT of vernix on her and the mw said she looked a week or so early , so just goes to show , the EDD is really just an estimate .

Mine was 12days over, but talking to MW and others they really should be a Est due month cause people can be pregnant from 38-42 weeks and can be totally normal, so this baby is due in the beginning of April sometime.

Yep, i'm going with the range of dates theory. 40 weeks is an average, but some babies need more, and some less. So I'm due "in December" and thats what I've been telling people. It also means although I'm nearly 39 weeks, I'm really not feeling the pressure of baby being nearly due, cos I know s/he might stay put till after christmas so its not getting to me, you know? Plus people aren't constantly asking if I've popped yet either, cos they aren't sure exactly when I'm due