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How many weeks pregnant were you when you had your first baby?

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zebra · 20/01/2004 10:26

1st baby, how many weeks (+days?) were you gone when the baby was born?
Was it spontaneous, induced or C-section with no labour?
If you don't mind saying, how would you describe your ethnic origin (some ethnic groups may go longer than others....)?

Ta! My answers are:
39 weeks+0days, spontaneious, American white mutt.

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lydialemon · 20/01/2004 10:28

Just curious or do you have an ulterior motive?

40 + 8, spontaneous, British white

futurity · 20/01/2004 10:29

38+4
Induced
English white

dinosaur · 20/01/2004 10:31

39 weeks, spontaneous, Irish white (sounds like a type of potato, doesn't it?)

Tinker · 20/01/2004 10:31

Exactly the same as lydialemon (great name btw ) Ooo, a pattern is already emerging

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zebra · 20/01/2004 10:31

There is a widespread belief that 1st pregnancies are always late... so I've done this poll on... ?3 other Internet venues over the years, and I keep track of replies (anonymous, honest, I don't share the individual records with anybody!). I don't want to say, yet, what the results have been.... except that elements in the HomeBirth brigade seem to go a lot later than everybody else!

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Tinker · 20/01/2004 10:31

Ah, posted too late!

lazyeye · 20/01/2004 10:35

40+1 Spontaneous, British, white

but my lazy second boy.......10 days late!!!

mieow · 20/01/2004 10:37

35+6
spontaneous labour
C/section coz he was breech
white british

Twinkie · 20/01/2004 10:37

38wks exactley, Spontaneious, hospital birth.

I english and greek cypriot background.

jmg · 20/01/2004 10:39

40+14 after sweep hospital - white british

M2T · 20/01/2004 10:41

39+1 day Thank goodness!! Spontaneous hospital delivery.

I'm white, scottish.

madgirl · 20/01/2004 10:42

41+6 spontaneous white british bleedin' painful

jmg · 20/01/2004 10:44

sorry - that should of course have read 42 weeks!

eddm · 20/01/2004 10:51

41+1, sweep, (don't know if that counts as spontaneous but induced doesn't sound right either). British (1/2 Welsh if you have a category for that)

pupuce · 20/01/2004 10:52

40W +12 - homebirth - white European

WideWebWitch · 20/01/2004 10:55

39+6, spontaneous, white british

twiglett · 20/01/2004 11:00

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coppertop · 20/01/2004 11:07

41+2 - Induced labour
White + British

littlerach · 20/01/2004 11:09

35 weeks. Spontaneous. (very!!!) White British.

kando · 20/01/2004 11:14

40 + 1 day, spontaneous, english/scottish (ach, ok then, british!) white

fisil · 20/01/2004 11:19

41 + 5, spontaneous, white british

Tissy · 20/01/2004 11:21

38 weeks, c section (elective- I don't count then, do I?) white british

bunny2 · 20/01/2004 11:24

41 wks 6 days, induced, White Brit/Dutch

WSM · 20/01/2004 11:28

37+3, spontaneous, Hospital birth. White British.

Blackduck · 20/01/2004 11:28

38+2, induction, white, Enlish