How early or late was your second baby compared to your first

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I was 10 days late with DD1

Due date for Baby number 2 this Saturday and wondering when he'll actually arrive!

Sorry, no advice, but watching with interest! I had to be induced as went two weeks over last time.

My friend was a few days I've read first time and just had her second about 1.5 weeks before EDD. Another friend went a few days over both times.

I had my dd 10 days early so I was convinced my second would be the same, he actually came 5 days late! They are all so different, I would have put money on my second also being early but they have their own ideas!

My firstborn child arrived 16 days after his edd! My second, a girl was just 11 days late. My family always have late babies. So expecting my baby to be late too, the due date in my head is a couple of weeks after the official one. In France the due date is 41 weeks anyway so I wasn't too worried!

Dd1 14 days over
DD2 born 2 days after due date (went into labour day after due date)

Almost exactly the same, although it turns out number 2 was the earliest of the 3!

1= 42+1
2 = 41+5
3 = 41+6

5 days late with DD (PFB)
1 week early with DS

1 was 10 days late
2 was 5 days early
3 was 9 WEEKS early!

Ds1 40+0
Ds2 41+0

ds1 - 35 weeks
ds2 - 40+4
dd - 38

Ds1 arrived on the day he was due.
DS2 was 10 days early.

DD1 was an ELCS at 39+5. There were no signs of an imminent labour. She was breech and I believe the odds of them coming early/on time are less for breech presentation as they aren't pressing down on the exit as heavily.
DD2 was a week early. She was sitting very low (head down this time!) for the last few months of pg, so I wonder if that had something to do with it.

Mine were all born at exactly 41 weeks.

DS (first) was 95 minutes early!
DD (second) was 11 days late.

I would love for this baby to come anywhere between one week early and one week late - because I'm due in the middle of a 2 week school holiday! It would be soooo very helpful if the baby arrived during half term!

First time I was induced and he was 2 weeks late.

I had my second at 37 weeks. That was a surprise!

Baby 1 : 3 days late
Baby 2: born due date
Baby 3: 2 days early
Baby 4: 5 days early
Baby 5: 8 days early

Very lucky that each pregnancy was shorter!

First was ten days late. Second was bang on due date.

12 days late with DS1
13 days late with DS2

Oooh I remember reading a research paper on this. Found it here (but it's behind a paywall...).

Basically, they studied half a million births in London to look for patterns in gestation length and found that second pregnancies tend toward be closer to 40 weeks than the first. So if DC1 was 7 days late, DC2 might be 3 days late. Or if DC1 arrived a week early, DC2 might arrive 2 days early. It's also affected by how close together you have babies, where a small gap tends to lead to a shorter pregnancy.

It's only a general pattern so it won't hold for everyone (as this thread shows ) but it's a strong pattern all the same.

4 weeks and 5 days difference in pregnancy between my two.

Reading with interest! Ds was born at 41 weeks. Currently 39 weeks with dc2 and so ready for him to come.

DD1 - 4 weeks early
DD2 - 4 days late

+15 with the first, +10 with the second (and though you didn't ask, +4 with the third).

Exactly a week late with ds1 and 3 days late with ds2.

Ok so it seems 2nd comes along a bit earlier...I hope so!!

dd 42 weeks
dc 41 weeks today and counting...hoping not 42 again