To ask how many weeks you were when you gave birth?

[LaBelleSauvage]

Gratuitous posting for traffic, sorry! I'm 30 weeks pregnant with my first and curious to hear stories about all of Mumsnet's birthing stories!

Were you bang on time? Late? Super early? Anyone's water break while speaking at a conference or at a family dinner? How was the labour? Any complications? ..were you prepared and how are your DCs now?

DC1 40+2 DC2 40+4

I know that this isn't necessarily sensitive information and that many posters may not care but this sounds like it could be someone gathering information for a survey or an article to me - I wouldn't be so free giving details to people on the internet, unless you really don't mind how they use it.

39+1

DS1 - 36 weeks - 5lb 4oz
DS2 - 36 weeks - 4lb 15oz
I wasn’t very good at being pregnant ☹️

28 + 4. 1lb 11oz and came home just before her due date.

39 weeks first, 38 weeks second and 38 weeks 3rd .2nd and 3rd were elective section after emergency with 1st

41+0
39+2
40+1
40+6

All 4 happened on their own with no inductions thankfully.
Second one arrived early and he was the biggest, so was the most difficult labour.
Fourth one was very quick and I had no pain relief at all (no time!), but her birth was by far the easiest. Think my body was just so used to it by number 4

DD: EMCS at 41+7
DS: EMCS at 38 weeks

40+2, 40+4 and 40+5

All vaginal births, the last a planned home birth

FTM too. Waters broke 41w and induced 2 days later as labour hadn't started. Stopped progressing at 6cm so had a c-section. Baby currently 7wo and BF as I type. Good luck and enjoy ; it's the best thing ever!

39+1 went in to be induced as she was measuring big due to gestational diabetes, but was already in early labour, born at 39+2 at nearly a lb less than they’d predicted!

39+5, 2 days early but was the original due date the midwife told me before my scan

39+5
39+6
39+4
40+5

All spontaneous labour

39 and 41 weeks. 41 weeks was a planned c section. I’ve no idea how long he would have stayed in there if left to his own devices!

39+4 and 39 exactly

39w with DS, 43w with DD.

First son - 35+1, waters broke in bed
Second son - 40+4, waters broke at home, as I got up from the birthing ball!

37, 40, 35 weeks

41+1
38+5
41+4
42+3

41 weeks, ( SND)
40 weeks, (SND)
40 +2 (ECS Breech)

DC1 39+2
DC2 40+5
DC3 39+2

Lockheart yours are wise words and a good reminder to always think before you post. Personally I'm OK with this particular information.

Ooh I'm so curious to see patterns too!

I went I to spontaneous labour 3 days after my due date and DD was born at 40 + 4.

I was induced 1 day after my due date with DS, imagine I would have hopefully gone into labour at a similar date to my daughter but I also had lots of water with DS so not sure if that would have made it harder for him to engage.

Am 39 weeks pregnant on this coming Tuesday and have an induction booked at 39 + 2. However since yesterday I've been feeling like I'm getting quite a few labour signs!

I'm being induced for an unstable lie though, so it would be sods law that the one time I am actively trying to not go into labour would obviously be the one time I don't go overdue

Bang on due date for DC1
40+5 for DC2. I had tickets for a show at 40+1 (bought before I was PG) so was relieved to go a little bit over.

Waters went at 38 + 0. DD arrived at 38 + 2