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?

40 weeks

39+6. Waters broke at 1am whilst I was asleep. Had ds at 1.45pm

37.5, 40.5, 41.1
Got later with each one!

37

36 +2. Only live birth. Stayed in hospital extra 2 days because of jaundice and we both had a temperature. I was back in within 2 weeks with a haemorrhage as my placenta had not been fully discharged. This was 1999

Oh she was 6 lbs 11 oz

40 exactly and 2nd 39+4

Dc1 40+1 (laboured on my due date gave birth the early hours of the next day so almost bang on time)
Dc2 38+1

I was bang on 37 weeks when ds was finally born by emcs after being induced at 36+4 due to pre eclampsia.

40+4 and 41+1

6lb 7 and 7lb 9

Due date 02/12, arrival 02/12.
Went into labour on the 1st and my DS arrived early hours bang on 40 weeks 🙂

I didn't add my twins' weights - born at 40 weeks exactly 6 pounst 8 and 7 pounds 8 (lots of baby there.....). Their 12 days early sister (my first child who was and is not a twin) was 6 pounds 2 only

Just to add he was my first. I laboured at home right up until the end when I decided I wanted to go into hospital for the final few hours. I had 3 midwives with me at home and two at the hospital.

They were fabulous and all very supportive, allowing me to do whatever i needed to stay within my own 'space' (breathing/positioning etc).

40+14. He was induced. As his heart rate was going up and down, I had a monitor strapped to my stomach, which meant lying on my back the whole time.

He was 10lb 6 oz.

38+2!

DC1 42 weeks
DC2 42 weeks
DC3 42 weeks

And my waters didn't break with any of them until I'd been pushing for quite some time. I was quite disappointed, if have liked at least one where it happens like it does on TV: pottering about somewhere, waters break ceremoniously, then contractions then give birth minutes later!

#1 37 weeks
#2 39 weeks
#3 40 weeks
#4 24 weeks

DC1 - 35+0 ( induced due to pre-e then discovered placenta was gritty and DC weighted 3lbs despite the scan the previous day saying no issues with placenta and estimating baby at 6.5lb 🙄 nicu then scbu for 2.5 weeks)
DC2 - 36+6 ( was due to get induced the next day, I had pushed for this after recurrent mc then issues with DC1)

DD1 - 39 weeks (elective CS)
DD2 - 31 weeks

First baby 2 days late, 2nd bang on due date

Bang on due date :)

Always week 42 for children 👶

*four children

42 weeks. Induced. 7lb 11oz xx