How far along where you when you had your first?

[ccsays]

I'm 29+3 with my first child and keep getting told I'm more likely to go overdue. I'd rather not, as I'd really prefer not to be induced. I was just wondering what sorts of stages people on here were at when they went into labour with their first?

[LadySnapcase]

37+1. In retrospect I think my body decided it was getting a bit risky to keep him in, my bp was climbing daily and various bits of me were horribly swollen. It was a 16 hour labour; would have been quicker but DS was back to back and stubborn, and needed a ventouse in the end...

[IShallCallYouSquishy]

38+6 with DD

Hoping DC2 will be just as considerate

[binger]

40+10 I refused induction and was advised I could go for daily monitoring instead. Dd arrived at the 10 day cut off, I was due to start monitoring the next day.

[AmethystMoon]

39+3
Well 4 days early so I think it that. Rather embarrassed to admit I can't recall if full term is 39 or 40 weeks?! See that's what a toddler does to your brain

[NightmareWalking]

Induced 37+6 , DD was born at 38 weeks. I'd believed all the 'you'll go overdue' stuff so hadn't even finished work at that point!

[Thewhitelady]

37+2, dd could not wait.

[Aquilla]

40+1 and only by 4 hours! My waters broke at 7pm on my due date and no one was more surprised than me. Simply because all my friends had gone over. I Recommend scrubbing the kitchen floor, spending lots of time reading on the loo and of course a couple of orgasms for good measure.

[hyperspacebug]

39+5. Like you I expected to be really overdue so going into labour has really caught me by surprise. I didn't reach the 'fed-up' level.

With second it was even worse, 38+6.

[WandaDoff]

DS1 was born on his due date
DS2 at 39+4
DD on her due date.

[ShoeWhore]

38 weeks
39 weeks
37 weeks

[KoalaWithAGrudge]

24wks. Lung and heart problem, but DD was very lucky/we were very lucky.

[ep1977]

week 33, you hold on in there. xxx

[morethanpotatoprints]

39 weeks
34 weeks
36 weeks

[WoTmania]

42weeks (went over with all of mine but DS1 the most)

[neolara]

37 + 3

[ItsOkayItsJustMyBreath]

DS 38 weeks (+3 days of labour )

[Pandsbear]

38+5 induced with DTs. Labour was under 6 hours all in. I would have hung on and not been induced with hindsight but it was my first pregnancy and didn't know what to expect so I went with the drs suggestion as I was really uncomfortable. I would have lasted a few more days I think, and the babies were fine.

[beginnings]

41 weeks with DD1
40+3 weeks with DD2

[SouthernComforts]

28 weeks, no labour though, EMCS

[mummybto3]

40 + 3 - spontaneous natural labour. Good luck!

[PlateSpinningAtAllTimes]

39+6 with dc1
39+4 with dc2

[CeliaLytton]

40+5 with first
39+5 with second

Fingers crossed for a prompt arrival, every second over 40 weeks feels like an eternity!

[ButteryJam]

39 + 5

[flowersinavase]

The longer cycles theory surely just stems from the fact that due dates assume that you ovulate on day 14 (of a 28 day cycle). If you have longer cycles you ovulate after that, so your due date should therefore be the corresponding number of days later (so if you ovulate on day 15 when you're at 40+0 according to your due date, you're actually only 39+6).

Wouldn't have thought that works though if you have a 12wk scan (when the pregnancy is dated), only if you rely solely on dates.

I went into labour just before midnight on my due date. DD finally arrived 42hrs later. Not going to go into the details but it wasn't nice. I was induced and is was horrible. But all's well that ends well :)