When did your baby actually arrive?

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In comparison to your due date?

I am only 30 weeks but it seems a lot of people go over their 40 week due date and I wondered those who have had babies before, when did they arrive in comparison to your due date?

Dd came at 34 weeks. Was a bit of a shock!

40 + 5 and 40 + 3

DC1, went into labour on my due date and she was born 2 days later. DD2, went into labour 13 days late and born in 2hrs! It’s impossible to know. Due date is an average. Some countries have a ‘due month’ which I think would be much better and cause less anxiety. No matter how chilled you are, it’s hard not to focus around that one day.

DD came exactly on her due date. Waters broke at 12:15am and she was born at 9:11pm

First baby: due date
Second date: due date + 2 hours.

10 days late,was induced 8 days over then took me 2 days to have him.

Wow so other than chirpychirpy pretty much all were due date or after!

I think I keep worrying that i'll still be at work and i'll go into labour on a train or something.... trying to work right up until my due date

First (and only) pregnancy - DD arrived 10 days early.

DC1 & DC2 both 40+6

Dd1 40 weeks exactly
DS 39w+4
DD2 41w+1
There is no way to tell. However every day after 40 weeks I found hard

40+13... I was induced as DD didn't want to come out!

12 days late

I’ve had 3 DC and the furthest along I’ve ever got has been 37+3.

41+6 Induced at 41+5 and told it would be at least 2 days but he had other ideas (thankfully!)

I will add that he was completely stuck and I was told afterwards that it's very unlikely I would have gone into labour naturally, so not a completely normal situation.

40+6

Both arrived 3 weeks early, thank you preeclampsia

I read 85% of births are after the due date. I can't remember the circumstance of that figure though; if that's 85% of natural births or all births. I had advice to think of my due date as a "due from" date rather than a "due by" date which helped when dc was nearly 2 weeks late!

31 weeks - slightly extreme!

I had advice to think of my due date as a "due from" date rather than a "due by" date which helped when dc was nearly 2 weeks late!

Looks like that is a good idea from the PP's above!

40+6, 40+4 and 42+2.

42 weeks on the nose. Went into labour the night before i was due to be induced. Didn't get me anywhere though as I had 3days of labour, 😱 they're all different though. My sis boy was born on due date.

I am preg now with number two so hoping this one isn't such a long wait!

Someone else on here said 85% are after their due date but that's definitely rubbish.
NCBI suggest that 60% are born on or before their due date, therefore 40% after. Which is what you would expect if given births are included and very few women who past 42 weeks.

P.S. my DD was born at weeks

2 days early
11 days overdue
10 days oerdue