What gestation did you give birth?

[Madden21]

Curious to know! For those of you who are 100% sure on the date of conception, what gestation did you give birth?

I’m sure on my due date, however the NHS have put me a week earlier which is obviously impossible. I imagine baby is just measuring bigger than expected. I’m sure I’ll be encouraged to induce or book a c section if baby is ‘overdue’.

When I’m ‘40 weeks’, I’ll actually be 39 weeks based off when I know we conceived.

So, did your baby come on the due date you calculated or were they early/late?!

They measure from 40 weeks of your last period not from when you conceive. Then the date usually changes at your 12 week scan based on measurements, well it did 8 years ago not sure if they still do the same!

First went into labour 38+5, born by emcs at 39 weeks. Second had planned c section booked for 39+1, went into labour at 38+5 and went ahead with the section later that day anyway.
Due date moved from 12th April to 6th April by NHS scans with second child. Kind of relieved it all happened early, suppose i was lucky that i didn't get to 42 weeks with either of them, it gets mighty uncomfortable by the end.

DC1 went to 42 weeks! They arrived on the day I was booked in for my induction. I know not everyone in my shoes would have chosen to wait until 42 weeks but it felt like the right decision at the time. I wasn’t really mentally ready to give birth for the majority of my pregnancy and something just seemed to lift once I got 41 weeks plus and lovely DC2 arrived after a sweep.

DC2 arrived 39+4 but they were an ELCS as they were a big baby so the choice was made for me.

First come on due date
Second come 41 weeks
Third 38 weeks
Fourth 36 weeks

38+3, 40w, 40w+3 hours!

I know when I git pregnant as last period was in my honeymoon and I was regular as clockwork. First baby my waters broke at just under 37 weeks (second baby planned se toon at 38 weeks so doesn’t really count). Both very big - 4.7kg the first one. I don’t recall them changing the dates they went off mine.

39 weeks and 38+6. Both spontaneous labours.

38+1
39+5
Both spontaneous labour's. Both NHS due date aligned with my dates.

41+4 - spontaneous - on the day I had an appointment to discuss induction
40+6 - spontaneous - on the day I was supposed to be induced
40+2 - spontaneous - this time I was in the hospital minutes away from being induced, ds3 still does everything last minute!
35+3 - cat 3 emergency c-section
36+6 - cat 1 emergency c-section.

All of the hospital due dates matched mine. The consultant thought my due date might be wrong with ds4 because he came out more poorly than they thought he should be and his brain looked like a 33 week baby. I a as certain of my dates though and he weighed 7lb 2oz and 50cm long so there is no way he was a 33 week baby.

First was born at 39+6.
Second was born at 41+4. I was due to be induced the next day.

@SomeDanceToForgetDid the NHS get your due dates correct?

My dates matched NHS dates exactly, I was induced at 38 weeks and gave birth dead on 39 weeks. X

Sorry, just realised that my post didn’t really explain that.

They matched my dates with my first.

With my second, my own dates put me 6 days ahead of what they said. So according to them I suppose I gave birth at 40+5, but I was sure of my dates so I class it as 41+4. They said she looked overdue, I think they could tell by her skin from what I remember. She was also about a pound heavier than my first. I’m confident that I was right about my dates.

My dates matched the NHS dates exactly 😊Went for my 12 week scan expecting a more accurate date…to be given the exact same date and told there was no need for a revised date as it was accurate.

I ended up having to be induced at 39+4 but it took a looooong time and baby was born bang on 40 weeks on the due date given 😊

Why would they start “hounding” you? Is there more to this such as a high risk pregnancy hence the scan at 7 weeks?

I was 100% sure and they brought date forward by a week and I was sure baby would be a week late (aka correct according to me) but baby arrived just a smidge after due date. 40plus1 so maybe they where right or maybe baby was ready at 39 weeks. Who knows. FYI all my babies have been brought forward a week and arrive around due date but I wasnt so sure with others. So it could also be something about me!

it’s well known they don’t like people to go overdue. They like you to start considering sweeps and inductions and so on. They’ve dated me 1 week earlier than physically possible so I personally wont even entertain the idea of a sweep and induction before ‘41 weeks’ as I’ll actually only be 40 weeks.
And no, the pregnancy isn’t high risk but I have had multiple early miscarriages.

Have you factored in the (roughly) two week of not being pregnant yet that are counted in the system of dating from your last period?

As I.have said earlier in the thread no one pushed me for sweeps or induction before 42 weeks although mine was born 15 years ago. You can refuse intervention and say you are happy to wait for natural to take it's course but by the time you are lugging a fully formed baby about you might feel differently about hurrying things along. I was total over being pregnant by 38 weeks, bored witless by 40 weeks and begging my midwife to step in at 41 weeks.

36+1 for me. She was 100% conceived on my 40th birthday. I still blame the white port in Lisbon 20 years on.

They’ve dated me earlier than possible not later.

& I will be refusing intervention. This will be my 4th birth (but first time I tracked ovulation) so it’s the first time I’m 100% sure on conception. We only dtd twice that month and it was 2 days in a row. I’m very sure I know when I’m due.

It’s super interesting. When was she born according to the NHS dates?

35+5, my waters went and 5 hours later he was out via emergency c section 🤣 first baby 6.6lbs

How many weeks were you according to NHS dates?

Sorry if I've missed this from a PP, but are you accounting for the fact that you are counted as 2 weeks pregnant at the time of conception @Madden21 ? Day 0 is the 1st day of your last period.

Women in my family seem to have long pregnancies, my mum did and so did my sister. I was 41+5 for my first, went into natural labour and 42 weeks for my second I was induced at that point. My dates where fairly solid as my periods where regular and I new when I conceived but they put my first pregnancy forward by two weeks. I was a bit baffled by that at the time as I would have conceived when I had already tested positive so I didn't really believe the dates the NHS gave me. They where more accurate with my second and aligned with my dates.