Boys arrive early and girls arrive late?

[Pinkmarshmallow]

Just out of curiosity.....Someone recently told me that their midwife told them that boys tend to arrive early and girls late. Her reason for this was that girls need the extra time to make themselves pretty before they show their face to the world!! This person also said that for everyone that she knows that has given birth recently, this has been proven to be the case.... While I know I can't absolutely rely on this being true, just wondering for how many of you with previous babies this was the case?

Hi pinkmarshmallow i don't know how true that is, but my son was 2 days late.

how old is that m/w? 82?
Bolleaux!...and sexist...and slightly worrying that she's employed by the NHS and giving out pearls like that tbh

2 girls both exactly two weeks early - so not the case for me!

Ds two days late. Dd 7 days late...

DS1 8 days late
DS2 13 days late

to the MW

@ midwife

DS1 9 days late
DS2 5 days late
DD 1 week early (but she was delivered by elcs!)

DS1 6 weeks early
DS2 1 week late

DD (PFB) 4 days early...

what a load of stupid and sexist crapola

babies arrive when they are good and ready, and the reasons why labour starts at a particular time are not even really understood

i had a boy, induced one week early, and a girl, born exactly on her due date, my sister had her DS almost 2 weeks early. and me and my sister were born 6 weeks early.

i would really hope the MW was not being serious when she said that!

You haven't heard from NJ have you?

DS1 - nearly 3 weeks early
DS2 - waters broke a week early - born 2 days early
DS3 - nearly 3 weeks early

My brother was 11 days early (born on a Wednesday), I was 11 days late (also born on a Wednesday)

True for me

DD - 13 days late
DS - 19 days early

DS1 1 week late
DS2 5 days early
DS3 1 week late

yes Boxing Day, but she was shifting nursery furniture this morning, resulted in a show and then pains and she rang her Dh to come home from job!!

That was at 10.30am, nothing from her since

DS - 11 days late
DD - 13 days late.

So, either it's not true, or I'm just so comfy mine didn't want to move

What a load of rubbish!

(DD born was on her due date)

eek ! i had not not heard that ! hope she has babe today and home for Xmas

dd - 3 days early

ds - due date

sure it is rubbish but actually true for my NCT group!

DS1 was 6 days late.

DS2 was 3 days early.

'Tis twaddle.

ds1 15 days overdue
Dd 2 wks early
Ds2 1 day early

DS1 6 days late
DS2 2 days early

DD- 4 WEEKS early so blows that theory out of the window.
DC2- who knows? 33 weeks and counting..

my dd 3 weeks early