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If you went into spontaneous labour...

163 replies

handslikebirds · 21/01/2023 07:40

How many weeks were you? Feel like all the birth stories I see online are c-sections and inductions. Curious what it's like for people who just go into labour at home one day (obv hoping this happens to me at some point before 40 weeks!)

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CoorieIn · 21/01/2023 07:55

40+5 born 40+6
40+7 born 40+8

BrutusMcDogface · 21/01/2023 07:55

All of my vaginal births were spontaneous and after the due date. I was so fed up with waiting and feeling like a beached whale!

cloverleafy · 21/01/2023 07:56

40+2
39+6
40+0

2/3 were born at home.

Tiredmum100 · 21/01/2023 07:56

36
40+5

17caterpillars1mouse · 21/01/2023 07:56

38+4

ToddlerMumma · 21/01/2023 07:57

39 weeks. I thought I needed a poo 😆 she was born 8 hours later

pharmacoco · 21/01/2023 07:57

38+2 waters broke 00:40, born 03:05

tealandteal · 21/01/2023 07:58

40+1 and 40

CakeCrumbs44 · 21/01/2023 07:59

38 weeks with number one
40+5 with number two
I don't know anyone who was induced

crackersforcheese · 21/01/2023 08:00

37+2 water broke at 6pm baby arrived at 8:01pm!

Bagofweasels · 21/01/2023 08:01

40+5

GetDownkeith · 21/01/2023 08:01

38, 37 & 38 weeks.
2nd baby knew all day the day before he was born I was going into Labour. Kept telling everyone he’d be here tomorrow and nobody believed me.

SpaceChocolatel · 21/01/2023 08:01

37 +5, waters broke, contractions started about 3 hours later and then 6 hours until baby was born. Small episiotomy and tear which healed fine, wasn't as scary as I feared. currently 34 weeks with my second now, and hope all goes as smoothly this time too.

I was going through a stressful life event at the time which maybe sped things along but also did raspberry leaf tea, dates, yoga etc... Maybe that helped, maybe it didn't. Good luck!

Mumdiva99 · 21/01/2023 08:03

42
39
40

lanbro · 21/01/2023 08:03

Both of mine, I'd lost my mucus plug then waters broke on the toilet, luckily, the following day. Dd1 37+3, dd2 38+5. Dd1 was 5 hours from waters breaking to birth, dd2 was 2 hours. Very glad not to have had to have an induction or c section. We'd also had a quickie the day before with both so my anecdotal evidence is that sex brings on labour!

Betsyboo87 · 21/01/2023 08:04

40+1. Took me a couple of hours to believe it was happening.

QueenofLouisiana · 21/01/2023 08:07

40+6, hind waters broke spontaneously at 40+4, so I was due to go in for induction as there was a risk of infection. Most of the ladies in hospital with me (kept in a while due to that same risk of infection) had an induction-free birth, you just don’t read about it much online.

Squamata · 21/01/2023 08:07

41+5 and 40+5 I think

Imho it would be better if we spoke about a full term window or something, babies don't ping like microwaves at 40 weeks! I think full term is 38-42 weeks. Some countries calculate 'due dates' at 41 weeks I think

DaisyWaldron · 21/01/2023 08:07

DC1 38 weeks
DC2 37 weeks.

Both straightforward home births.

Chasingsquirrels · 21/01/2023 08:09

Bang on 37 weeks with both of them.

Benjispruce4 · 21/01/2023 08:10

39+4 and 40+8

GoldenPineapple88 · 21/01/2023 08:11

40+12 (Was determined to not have any intervention and glad I stood my ground!)
39+3
39+6

ShoeJunkie · 21/01/2023 08:11

41 weeks and 40+3

Flapjackquack · 21/01/2023 08:12

39+2 - after a nice long walk the previous day.

Readybrek999 · 21/01/2023 08:12

39 plus 4
40 plus 3
40 plus 5