straw poll: do you have a short menstrual cycle and did your LO come early?

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I've wondered about this.. would like to know your experiences.

My menstrual cycle is 25-26 days, and my DS was 1 week early (following 3 days of ctx).

I wondered if it follows, and if women with longer cycles are more likely to go 'overdue'. Was reading something on the net about it..

yes - 25 ish days
no - DD1 3 days late DD2 13 days late.
there goes that theory.

yes 35 days and all 2 weeks late (oh except DS2 but he was a bit unusual so doesn't count!)

was induced with first, so argued my case with othes that I wasn't as late as they thought due to longer cycle and wasn't induced again.

I think there might be something in it. I know when I ovulated with each of my children so should really have expected them to be a little bit late, which they were.

Dd1 O on cd19 (arrived 5 days late)
Ds1 O on cd 20 (arrived 7 days late, after S&S)
Ds2 O on cd 18 (arrived 3 days late)
Dd2 O on cd 13 (due tomorrow, so if the theory holds she should arrive today)

yes to short cycle,
no to early babies:
ds 1 6 days late
ds2 11 days late

My cycle is 24 days, & I wondered about this when dd1 was 10 days early, but then dd2 was 4 days late, so I'm not sure there's anything in it!

Yes. 26/27 days. All my babies were a few days early

My cycle is 28 days

first baby came at 8 days late
2nd is still in tum! due in three weeks.

My friend has a 31 day cycle, and went overdue by two weeks with both her two, when she was induced.

Could be something in it from her experience?

yes my cycle is roughly 22 days. ds1 was nearly 4 weeks early, ds2 was 3 weeks early

My cycle is 24 days but dd was 12 days late

Yes! Cycle 25-26 days

DD1 - 3 weeks early

dd2 5 weeks early (eek better watch out if we have another!)

yes, 25-26 days, DD was 4 weeks early!

Yes, 22 days but only 1 week early

thanks!

So far it makes sense, albeit very tentatively. There seems to be more link between long cycle = late baby than short cycle = early baby though..

To summarise, of the births people have mentioned (when they've said 'all my babies' I've assumed 3.

births to ladies with shorter than average cycles,
9 early,
5 late

longer than average cycles:
7 late
0 early

keep em coming, this is interesting!

Can you tell I'm 33 weeks with DC2 and hoping to be early again!

long cycles - 35+ days.
dd1 - 38 weeks
dd2 - 35 weeks

My friend who has short cycles - nearly 3 weeks overdue.

Don't think there's anything in it - I have 23 day cycle and I was 8 days late - and then labour only started after a sweep.

Yes for me - 35 day cycle and went to 42 weeks before being induced. I've read that white/middle class/educated women (ie my social group) have an average gestational length of 288 days rather than the 280 days (40 weeks) assumed (which is based on some calculations a guy did in the 1800s !!), and that you should add 1 day onto your due date for every day your cycle is over 28 days. So by my reckoning that means I should have hung around until at least 42+1 and a bit longer. Wish I had known that at the time! Am totally prepared to keep waiting until mid/late June this time round, rather than EDD 1 June.

It's all averages though, which makes no difference to when your own baby will decide to say hello! Good luck!

Cycle is 28 days, DS was 10 days late.

Cycle of 23 days and DS1 was bang on time (due date), DS2 was 6 days early.

Before I had DS my periods were about 31-35 days. My first scan showed DS as small for dates and this was put down to long periods and my due date was moved by a week. I was eventually induced 2 weeks early because of pre eclampsia.

DD came along 3 weeks early of her own accord.