Early labour with subsequent babies...

[ScouseBird8364]

Hi

I'm just wondering really whether anybody has gone full term (or thereabouts) with first / second babies, but then laboured early with 3rd, or subsequent?

I'm 33+2 and having many impending signs, I feel like I'm going to go early...

No help I'm afraid, all mine have been early! 29+5, 35+6 and 30+5. Bumping this for you. Good luck x

Rest assured though that if bubs was to arrive soon, s/he would be little but absolutely fine :)

My #3 was 11 days late ... #1 arrived 2 days late, #2 2 days early and #4 on her due date!

Very much in the same boat but no real advice. DS was born at 39+odd days but I'm 35+3 with DC2 and all the signs of impending labour have begun over the past day or so: frequent bouts of intense BH contractions, shooting pains in cervix, pressure low down... can't help but feel that this one will be born sooner. Although now I've said this, I'll probably go two weeks over!

One thing that did occur to me is that maybe signs of impending labour happen earlier in second (third/fourth) pregnancies, even if baby is going to arrive at 40 weeks or later. I suppose it's possible.