Chances off going into labour 37-40 weeks.

[ClaudiaRoseAitken]

Hi girls. I'm just wondering I'm 24 weeks pregnant with my first baby. Everyone I talk too is saying first time pregnancy's are more likely too be induced labour.. How much truth is there too that? I know the baby will come when she's ready but just wondering what the chances are off going into labour before the 40 weeks :)

There is really no way to say, I was 40+2 with my first and not induced. Everyone is different

I was induced at 40+2 but if I wasn't induced I think I would have gone a week, possibly 2 over.

Everyone I know was induced at 2 weeks over!

From evidencebasedbirth.com:

"In a very important study published in 2001, Smith looked at the length of pregnancy in 1,514 healthy women whose estimated due dates, as calculated by the last menstrual period, were perfect matches with estimated due dates from their first trimester ultrasound (Smith 2001).

The researchers found that 50% of all women giving birth for the first time gave birth by 40 weeks and 5 days, while 75% gave birth by 41 weeks and 2 days.

Meanwhile, 50% of all women who had given birth at least once before gave birth by 40 weeks and 3 days, while 75% gave birth by 41 weeks.

This means that for both first-time and experienced mothers in Smith’s study, the traditional “estimated due date” of 40 weeks was wrong!

The actual pregnancy was about 5 days longer than the traditional due date (using Naegele’s rule) in a first-time mother, and 3 days longer than the traditional due date in a mother who has given birth before."

evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-on-inducing-labor-for-going-past-your-due-date/

First baby came at 39+5. No way to tell.

First baby waters broke at 37 weeks induced since no labour pains even after 24 hours then delivered at 37 weeks 3 days..
No way to tell

My 1st came 9 days early... Not everyone goes over and not everyone gets induced it's just one of those things no-one can really tell you a deffinate answer for what's likely to happen in your case.