Overdue stats

just curious because i keep finding conflicting info but does anyone know the stats on how late first babies normally are? i read 8 days somewhere but then found 4. im totally not worried bout bubs going late. i only stopped going to uni as of yesterday, i feel totally fine and im not really uncomfortable and figure baby will come when he is ready but would be curious to know. because i was on fertility treatement and getting regular scans and blood tests so my dates are definitly right so its more a curiosity thing.

yea no stress, im not looking at it for an answer, just curiosity. they take stats on pretty much everything, % of c sections, # of home births, etc... i know there are stats on who delivers how many days over etc..based on the average of all the women who have given birth over certain periods of time too but i cant seem to find the data for it. all good.

My midwife said that first time babies are usually about a week or so over due, but you really just dont know....everyone is different. Caden was 12 days over due when I went into labour, but I was pretty much 2 weeks to the day once he was acually born.

We were told in our Hynobirthing class that first babies are 10 days overdue on average. Not sure whether that was a Singapore stat, an American one from a book or global, but that's what she said.

Actually it's probably not a Singapore stat given the number of scheduled c-sections here (to ensure babies are born on auspicious dates).

Edited by kiwisj

Sorry, can't help, both mine were early!

I heard 80% of first time bubs were late ... but haven't heard an avg no of days sorry.

I went into labour at 5 days overdue and her on the 6th day

Induced day 12, born day 15. Only 4% are born on their "due day". My family is prone to overdue babies and bad labours for their first but it tends to get better the more they have.