First pregnancy when did you give birth?

[Nainer123]

I was just wondering with your first pregnancy how long before or after edd did your little bubbas come? And how long was your labour.

[usersos]

I was 12 days late when my waters were broken in hospital.....if you are pregnant I'm not sure you want to hear the answer to your second question!!! X

[Justhadmyhaircut]

Ten days late and 17 hours long!!
(second dc in less than 3 though)

[angelgirls]

6 days late with first

2nd - 7 days late

3rd - 8 days late

4th - 4 days late

[Nainer123]

Aw god that doesn't sound good haha. I'm 36+2 weeks. So on the home straight.

[Tilapia]

8 days late, and 28 hours from my waters breaking

[usersos]

Good luck op
It's a breeze....you won't feel a thing x

[noplease]

I gave birth on due date labour pains started 2 days before though

[Pickleshickles]

41+ 6, spontaneous labour having rejected induction. Phew!

[angelgirls]

Oh sorry missed labours

1st - not sure but head was visable when arrived to hospital
2nd - 15 mins
3rd - 12 mins
4th- 15 mins approx

Apparently I have something called precipitous labours, I dilate pain free and pains don't kick in until last minute where I just go from 5cm to having baby in minutes

[DramaAlpaca]

5 days before, 21 hours of labour.

[DoubleCarrick]

39+4
My labour from the first twinge was 36 hours but I slept through most of that and only really in the final six hours did I have to focus (the mw examined me at that point and I was 7cm)

[kathrynelizabeth3005]

Went into labour 40+2 however nothing was happening, I wasn't dilating and my waters never went naturally. They ended up breaking my waters 5 days later but I still didn't dilate properly despite contracting regularly since 40+2 and baby was getting too tired. Had an EMCS and DS was born bang on 41 weeks :)

[shalalala]

38+2. Spontaneously!

[mammabear4]

41 weeks, waters broke at 2am, was in active labour from 10am, DD born at 12.37.

So 10 hours 37 mins in total, 2 hours 37 mins "technically"

Fuck knows what I was in before if "active labour" only started at 10

[arbrighton]

Induced 38+2 38hours from pessary to baby, 11 from waters being broken, 5 from drip starting

[Gooseygoosey12345]

4 days late and 7 hours, although I didn't know when I was 4cm, apparently I "silent labour" which is fine by me as I'm one day late now with this one, another "silent labour" would be great

[KermitsLoveChild]

Ds1 was born 5 weeks early.
DS2 3 days late
DS3 3 weeks early
DS4 1 week early (elective section)

[soundsystem]

39+4

Labour was 4h 30 mins.

Good luck!

[ShowOfHands]

Born at 38 weeks. Labour was 31hrs.

I think it's all pot luck. Most babies arrive between 37 and 42 weeks and the average first time labour is 12hrs.

[KermitsLoveChild]

Labours:
DS1 3hrs 50
DS2 1hr 30
Ds3&4 sections

[ClinkyMonkey]

Gave birth seven days before due date. Labour was about an hour. This was considered a long labour in my family where most babies have popped out at home, in hospital car parks and once at the bottom of the hospital steps! That maternity unit has long since closed - I mean, what idiot thought it would be a good idea to have steps leading up to a maternity unit? Have we not got enough to contend with?!

[Nainer123]

Seems like most people go over with their first. It would be nice to have a silent labour haha :) I'm so ready to see my little baby, obviously not this early but the thought of going a week or so over sounds exhausting

[TheLegendOfBeans]

DD: 42w

After a 100 hour failed induction I ended up with a CS.

You'd have thought I was going to Ibiza instead of theatre the way I was so pumped I'd meet baby AT LAST.

[bookworm14]

Went into labour 40+1, delivered 40+2.

[Clarabell100]

11 days early!

First twinge at 5am, went to hospital at 7 and baby born at 11.45am. It all happened too fast for me to have any drugs apart from gas and air. Ouch! Active labour was only 12 minutes - think I was just so keen for it to be over!