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How many weeks did you have your second baby, compared to first?

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eachpeachpea · 12/02/2025 20:07

If you went into spontaneous labour with your first, when did they come and then when did your second come? My first came at 38+5 and I went into labour naturally with him, I'm 37 weeks tomorrow and just curious when others had their second compared to first.

OP posts:
pinklilys · 12/02/2025 20:23

DS1-due date
DS2 - 5 weeks early 😳

Alwaystired23 · 12/02/2025 20:23

Dc 1- 36 weeks
Dc 2- 40 + 5,
So, I was pregnant for nearly 5 weeks longer.

Moonlightstars · 12/02/2025 20:25

Ds1 ten days early
Ds2 on due date
Ds3 10 very long days late

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PerkyTitan · 12/02/2025 20:25

DC1 - due date
DC2 - 10 days early
DC3 - 2 weeks early

All spontaneous

Seabrook98 · 12/02/2025 20:28

DC1 I went into labour at 40 weeks on the dot, delivered him at 40+2.

DC2 I went into labour at 38+5 at 5am, had an emergency c-section later the same day.

PinkDaffodil2 · 12/02/2025 20:28

Both of mine 40+1, both weighed exactly the same too

Popsicales · 12/02/2025 20:29

DS - 38+2
DD - 37+6
both spontaneous 2-3 hour labours. I’m currently 33 weeks with my third and wondering how this one will go!

MargaretThursday · 12/02/2025 20:29

Mine got earlier:
Dd1 due +3 days
Dd2 due - 4 days
Ds due - 10 days

RedHillLady · 12/02/2025 20:31

Dc1 born on due date
Dc2 born on due date

AsFunAsEnglishWeather · 12/02/2025 20:36

Dc1 - 41+ 6 (a day before forced eviction was planned )
Dc2 - 38 + 6 (but looked skinny and more premature than that)
Dc3 - 39 + 1 (looked ready to be out, like dc1)

trivialMorning · 12/02/2025 20:38

All spontaneous.

DC1 day before due date.

DC2 - 10 days after due date - but sonographer insisted on changing due date for a week later despite us saying we unusually knew exact date of conception and that made 40 weeks first due date.

DC3 - 3 days after due date. Though think they were trying to come on due date as had lots of contractions but DH started talking about new job (that in end he didn't take) away from us and everything stopped - when everything started again it was really fast.

Brentinger · 12/02/2025 20:44

41+5
41+6

Induced for both thanks to being so late!

thornbury · 12/02/2025 20:46

First - one day (well, less than 3 hours!) early, 2nd two days late. I'm a fairly punctual person 😁

weegiemum · 12/02/2025 20:48

Dd1 - 4 days early
Ds - 10 days early
Dd2 - 36+6, but that was induction as I was very unwell.

Waitingfordoggo · 12/02/2025 20:48

I gave birth at 41 weeks both times.

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 12/02/2025 20:49

Dc1 1am day after due date
Dc2 9am day before due date

Got to give it to my boys; they're punctual!

Waitingfordoggo · 12/02/2025 20:49

RedHillLady · 12/02/2025 20:31

Dc1 born on due date
Dc2 born on due date

Wow! That's got to be quite unusual I reckon.

Hotbeverageplease · 12/02/2025 20:49

Both of mine were exactly 5 days late!

Mumofteenandtween · 12/02/2025 20:49

DD 39+2 4am went into labour
DS 39+2 7am went into labour (although the clocks had gone forward so it was really only 6am)

I like consistency!

Chaixx · 12/02/2025 20:49

Baby 1 - 40+2
Baby 2 - 38+1

CrispAppleStrudels · 12/02/2025 20:53

First - 38w
Second - 39+3

Second was breech and ELCS was booked for 39+5 but she was a spontaneous vaginal birth after she turned herself the day before I went into labour. I reckon she might have come a bit earlier had she got herself the right way round a bit sooner as I really felt like things were imminent for a while.

Badgerstmary · 12/02/2025 20:54

Dc1 38+1
Dc2 40
Dc3 41+1

elliejjtiny · 12/02/2025 20:57

My older 3 were spontaneous
dc1 at 41+4
Dc2 at 40+6
Dc3 at 40+2

Then dc4 was born by elective c-section at 35+3
Dc5 was born by emergency c-section at 36+6 after induction didn't work.

DinoLil · 12/02/2025 21:05

DC1 on their due date.
DC2 was 10 days early.

DrMadelineMaxwell · 12/02/2025 21:06

36+1
36+4

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