For women who've given birth: were you early, late, or right on time?
My son came two weeks early, which my doctor said was perfect since he was going to induce me due to my son's size (he was already 7lbs at 2 weeks early! ). My daughter came three weeks early, and again was over 7lbs.
She came the week before Christmas when I was expecting her the week after New Years! It was a complete surprise, but apparently she was ready.
My first was induced 10 days early due to some end of pregnancy health problems. She weighed 8 lb 3 oz. My second was 7 days late and weighed in at 10 lb 3 oz.
Their birthdays are 26 days apart, but their due dates were only 10 days apart.
My son was pretty much right on time -- four days before the estimated due date. The timing ended up working great too...his due date was Christmas Day, and we got out of the hospital on Christmas Eve. My daughter decided to turn up 11 days after the due date, but since she didn't look post-dated we figure the dates were just wrong (but that didn't make the wait any easier!).
Now I'm on #3, and hoping s/he follows suit with his/her brother :P.
I was early with both of my kids. My first I wasn't quite ready for yet, and my youngest I had just about everything already so she couldn't have come at a better time.
Haha now there is a question. 4 boys all late, my daughter was 5 weeks early.
My first I was 6 days past my due dateMy second I was also 6 days past my due dateMy third I was almost 3 weeks before my due dateMy fourth I was 2 weeks before my due dateMy fifth I was 2 weeks before my due date.
Early, I wasn't ready but didn't have a choice!
The first stage begins when you start having contractions that cause progressive changes in your cervix and ends when your cervix is fully dilated. Early labor: Your cervix gradually effaces (thins out) and dilates (opens). Active labor: Your cervix begins to dilate more rapidly, and contractions are longer, stronger, and closer together.
People often refer to the last part of active labor as transition. The second stage of labor begins when you're fully dilated and ends with the birth of your baby. This is sometimes referred to as the "pushing" stage.
The third stage begins right after the birth of your baby and ends with the delivery of the placenta. Every pregnancy is different, and there's wide variation in the length of labor. For first-time moms, labor often takes between ten and 20 hours.
For some women, though, it lasts much longer, while for others it's over much sooner. Labor generally progresses more quickly for women who've already given birth vaginally. Once your contractions are coming at relatively regular intervals and your cervix begins to progressively dilate and efface, you're officially in labor.
But unless your labor starts suddenly and you go from no contractions to fairly frequent and regular contractions right away, it can be tricky to determine exactly when true labor starts. That's because early labor contractions are sometimes hard to distinguish from the inefficient Braxton Hicks contractions that may come right before, contributing to so-called false labor. (By the way, if you're not yet at 37 weeks and you're noticing contractions or other signs of labor, don't wait to see if your contractions progress.
Assuming your pregnancy is full-term, though, time will tell: If you're in early labor, your contractions will gradually become longer, stronger, and closer together. Eventually they'll be coming every five minutes and lasting 40 to 60 seconds each as you reach the end of early labor. Some women have much more frequent contractions during this phase, but the contractions will still tend to be relatively mild and last no more than a minute.
Sometimes early labor contractions are quite painful, even though they may be dilating your cervix much more slowly than you'd like. If your labor is typical, however, your early contractions won't require the same attention that later ones will. You'll probably be able to talk through them and putter around the house.
You may even feel like taking a short walk.
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