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April 2013 Moms
jesslynfaith
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? for STM - 1st baby due date vs. actual date
jesslynfaith
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I know everyone is different but I'd love to hear from the STMs who had a vaginal birth when you were due with your first baby vs. when you actually had the baby and whether or not you were induced (this is my biggest fear!!)....
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Re: ? for STM - 1st baby due date vs. actual date
You should check out this link! You plug in your due date, and it tells you the percent likelihood that you'll deliver on any given day:
https://spacefem.com/pregnant/due.php
Team Blue! Orrin Myles, EDD 4/27/13
Ginny DX 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Charlie DX Specific Antibody Deficiency & ASD
Due 6/13. Born 6/2. Induced for HBP.
For my sister's first, she was due 11/10. He was born 11/12, no induction.
My water "ruptured" 5 days before DD's EDD. By "ruptured" I mean that only a little tiny bit of fluid came out (maybe the diameter of an orange), nothing like in the movies. However, I knew it wasn't discharge or pee (not yellow and didn't have a smell) so DH and I decided to go to L&D to get checked out. They did the amniotic fluid swab test and it was positive so they said we were delivering the baby that day. Since I really wasn't contracting on my own, they gave me pitocin and that is what got things going.
I always wonder if I had not paid any attention to my water rupture and not had gone in to L&D and not had been put on pitocin, how much longer I would have gone without labor starting.
THIS EXACTLY! I was due 9/25, water broke 9/27. Was induced and my daughter was born 9/28. Pitocin was not scary at all.
Adalyn 9/28/2010 & Peter 4/1/2013
I was due on October 16th, my DD didn't arrive until October 23rd at 41 weeks.
My delivery was easy as can be, no pitocin or anything to help out (I did have an epidural). I had labored at home all day on a Saturday with what I consider mild contractions. They weren't bad at all and I could talk through them no problem.
We got to the hospital at 9:30pm and at 4am I had my daughter. After pushing for 20 minutes out came baby
For whatever reason, I went into labor naturally with both of my DSs early and delivered at exactly 39w by med-free vaginal deliveries.
DS1 was a 26 hour labor with 17 minutes of pushing.
DS2 was a 15 hour labor with 4 minutes of pushing.
Hoping LO#3 continues some of the trend!
With DS I was due Jan. 31, my water broke on Jan. 22, and he was born 11 hours later at 6:30 am on Jan. 23 (39 weeks). I didn't receive pitocin until after he was delivered because of my fibroid. I had an epidural, pushed for 2.5 hours and ended up with 4th degree tears, but DS is healthy.
My BFP Chart
DD #1 was due 1/14, came on her own 1/11 after about a week of bed rest for pre-eclampcia
DD #2 was due 10/21, was induced due to her size 10/20 early morning had her that afternoon.
Fairly short and sweet both times but I have to say being induced was much worse than natural...especially with no pain meds.
Damn. That third kid is just going to slide right out of you! I'd be heading to the hospital at 38 weeks 6 days just in case if I were you
Edit. Quote fail. Mrs. Leah
My BFP Chart
Someone's getting a little brother!
I agree with OSC, there are many things scarier than being induced. I was due 10/30, was induced on 11/1, and had her within 5 hours. I pushed for less than 20 minutes. Not all inductions are horror stories :-)
Hah! I know, right?! Slightly concerned my hospital is 30 minutes away and I try to labor at home as long as possible.
One trend I'd rather not see continued though, is that DS2 was almost a full pound bigger than DS1. From 7lb 4oz to 8lb 2oz, I really hope that LO#3 isn't a 9lber!
Not induced
Due 3/10
started labor afternoon 3/13
Born 1:10am 3/14
Vaginal birth, gained 26 lbs in pregnancy, baby was 8lb 15oz 21.5"
Married: 6/27/2008
DS: 3/14/2010 Planned, PG first try
M/C 6/2012
DD: 4/22/2013 Planned, UnDx Infertility, PG on our own
BFP: 10/28/2016 Unplanned, HUGE SURPRISE!
M/C 12/12/2016
BFP: 10/27/2017 Unplanned, HUGE SURPRISE
EDD: 7/2/2018
Layne-May 6, 2013
Callie-February 14, 2011
DS: Arrived at 41w6d....he missed an induction by a couple of hours. 46 hours of labor but 6 minutes of pushing.
DD:Arrived at 39 weeks after 4 weeks of preterm labor. 7 hours of labor and I hardly pushed.
DD1 came 3 days early.
DD2 came 3 weeks early.
I should also add that when I had made ZERO progress when I went in for what would be my last weekly checkup. I wasn't effaced or dilated AT ALL and my Dr and I had even talked about my induction date. Then a few days later, my water just broke. I wasn't contracting on my own though, so I ended up needing pitocin.
Same thing happened with DD2, only it was 3 weeks early instead of 3 days.
On a side note, I was elated when my water broke with DD1. Not because I was tired of being pregnant, but because everyone and their mother kept telling me I would go late, that no one ever goes early with their first child, etc. Ha!
I was due October 29th with the twins. I was induced on October 12th because the ultrasound showed they were both over 8 pounds and I was huge and miserable and hadn't slept in two weeks. My doc had mercy on me.
I had them FINALLY on October 14th vaginally after multiple epidural fails, lots of pitocin, two vacuum extractions, and four hours of pushing. I shudder just to think about it.
But...they were perfect, healthy, big, and I took them home with me the next day.
Hoping this little one slides right out haha!