What week was your 1st baby born?

[liquoriceandtomatoes]

I'm now 33 weeks and I know it's not an exact science but I'm curious to hear as I'm always told that I'll likely be overdue as it's my 1st. But I do wonder as I'm reasonably active and my cycle was less than 28 days. I'm moving house around 36 weeks, so I hope the stress of that doesn't affect anything but also the idea of going to 42 weeks fills me with dread.

Basically, are most 1st babies 40 weeks plus?

41+6, though I had to be induced due to low amniotic fluid.

My waters broke at 38+1, but he wasn't born till 38+3.

I'm now 38+2 with no 2 and on tenterhooks because I just don't know when she'll appear.

long cycle
induced at 38+5 due to pre-eclampsia but already looked to bein early labour

never gone past my due date with all 3

ds2 a day early
ds3 two weeks early

Both babies born @ 40 exactly as projected from the 20wk scan (ie she said 'you are 20 weeks today and ds born exactly 20 weeks later).

Acording to dates this meant ds born 39+4 and dd born 40

But I was told that 80% of first babies are late.

BTW you are mad to be moving house at 36 weeks - flagrant invocation of Sod's Law there!

41 + 6 - ELCS after broken waters, syntocinon and dynamite had all failed.

10 years later, it's a quarter to nine and the lazy bugger is still in bed.

ElusiveMoose, you don't HAVE to be induced though - you can opt for monitoring instead. You only have to be induced if the baby is in danger, or if there is a serious risk to your health. As long as baby and you are happy you can go over due.

39 +5

36

40 + 6 days - after a sweep. Most of my friends have been late with their first babies

41wks with 1st baby and following a very thorough sweep! All the best

both 40+6. Both on EDD as calculated originally from my dates, rather than the revised dates after scans.

ds1 39 weeks
ds2 on due date
ds3 39 + 4

Active; fit; long cycle.

42. Induced by every method known to medical science. Emergency caesarean.

Good luck.

My first baby was born bang on time. I went into labour the day she was due and gave birth the following day

Moonstorm

Thanks for asking, my DS is going to be one next week. He's very small for his age and a bit behind but going at his own pace and should be fine eventually.

Most first babies are born after 40 weeks. My first was 40+5, my second 40+9.

DS (first and only) was born 10 days early, at 38 and a half weeks.

I was gutted as I hadn't gone on maternity leave until 38 weeks and was really hoping to enjoy a couple of weeks of relaxing and my last ever lie ins!

36+6.

galonthefarm, my DD was born at 37+1 weeks, and myself and my 2 siblings were born between 2-12 weeks premature.

If women are more likely to be overdue if their mother was overdue, does it work t'other way I wonder?

Anybody know what the middle-class likelihood refers to?

DD was born at 41+5, followed failed induction and c section.

My mum had three children. AFAIK none went overdue, and I (first born) was sightly early.

43 after 3 days of failing to induce I had an emergency c-section

DD1 was born at 40+12.

She was evicted by induction!

40 weeks on due date

42

damn baby just wouldn't come out