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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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HiddenSpirit · 20/01/2004 13:20

39 + 3, spontanious (after turning double bed mattress on my own ) white British

prufrock · 20/01/2004 13:22

Induced at 36+6, c-section at 37+1
White 1/2 Irish

Gomez · 20/01/2004 13:33

39+1 Elective C-Section (Breech Presentation)
White, scottish

CountessDracula · 20/01/2004 13:39

Induced at 40 about 6 times, had dd at 41.

CountessDracula · 20/01/2004 13:40

Oh sorry, white English/Australian cross!

bobsmum · 20/01/2004 13:42

38 wks + 1 day / spontaneous / white Scottish.

expatkat · 20/01/2004 13:43

38 weeks, spontaneous.
White, Greek (ethnicity, not nationality)

Babybags · 20/01/2004 14:20

40 + 12 days!!

induced

white + welsh

pupuce · 20/01/2004 14:46

Friend was 43 w +6 days.... home birth.... just to help your homebirth theory Zebra

last homebirth mum I was a doula to was 42 weeks.

gingernut · 20/01/2004 14:52

40+6
Spontaneous
British white

Maizie · 20/01/2004 14:55

37 weeks
spontaneous
British white

doormat · 20/01/2004 14:55

40 weeks + 1 day
spontaneous
British

what has colour got to do with the question

Hulababy · 20/01/2004 15:06

42 weeks spot on. I was induced at 41 weeks, plus 5 days. She arrived 2 days after that.

Hulababy · 20/01/2004 15:07

Ooops, forgot the rest:

42 weeks + 0 days, failed induction then c-section; british white

SenoraPostrophe · 20/01/2004 15:29

40+ 0 (although 39 +0 by the scan date)
spontaneous
British, translucent-white (midwives kept commenting on it)

Is there a theory here?

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zebra · 20/01/2004 15:38

Mostly the widespread belief that "1st pregnancies always go late".

Also, lots of evidence that native Americans tend to go drop before 39 weeks. Many black Americans have a lot of native American ancestery, that rather than the traditionally attributed 'poor nutrition' 'poverty' etc. may partly explain shorter pregnancies... I don't know anything about other ethnic groups, but it's always interesting to ask to see if anything turns up!

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SpringChicken · 20/01/2004 15:46

Can't comment yet - will be able to in a few months time though!

Just wanted to pip in and say i hope i'm like Happy1 - nice and early Oh, and may aswell add easy labour to my list of requests

elena2 · 20/01/2004 15:48

40 +5 with ds1, hospital delivery, and I'm white English (actually 1/4 Scottish! )

Angeliz · 20/01/2004 16:10

39+6 spontanious
British white

mistletoes · 20/01/2004 16:15

40 induced

Sparks · 20/01/2004 16:16

41+5, spontaneous, white english/american

bunnyrabbit · 20/01/2004 16:35

41+2 Spontaneous, English white (Sounds like a cabbage... or a butterfly... I think butterfly sounds nicer!!)

bundle · 20/01/2004 17:11

dd1 40 + 13 c/s foetal distress after 20 odd hrs labour (got to 8cm)
dd2 40 + 12, crash c/s on day I was about to be induced, v low bp and foetal heartrate
white british

hewlettsdaughter · 20/01/2004 17:37

38+4, spontaneous (unplanned homebirth!), white british

Freddiecat · 20/01/2004 17:37

41 +3 spontaneous - hospital delivery
White british