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ParisBride2013
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Mother's Intuition?
ParisBride2013
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How much of an emphasis do you place on
mother's intuition? I'm not due until June 20th but I have had this
feeling that she's coming early for a little while now and the past day
or so it's been overwhelming. All I can think is "she's coming! I don't
know when - but she's coming!" Maybe it's just first-time-mom reality
check? I'm not sure but everyone seems to just brush it off and say I
won't go until after my due date. Thoughts?
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Re: Mother's Intuition?
LFAF Summer 2016 Awards:
No. As in unreasonable if you have a June due date. It's a full month away. Calm yourself.
LFAF Summer 2016 Awards:
This. I thought I would be early with my first. I had really frequent and strong BH, which I thought were like 'uterus exercises' (oh the na?vet?), and I stayed really active and walked 5km/day every day for the last six weeks of my pregnancy. I was convinced that I was being so healthy that my body would expedite the process.
Baby stayed in there unil 41 WEEKS! I was soooooo mad! She even stayed in past the full moon, which I was sure would bring her.
It really is wishful thinking. Baby will come when ready, somewhere between 37 and 42 weeks.
Monster Truck (It's a GIRL!) is due 19/02/2015!
I was sure DD1 was going to be at least two weeks early. She was born a day early.
You're just getting excited and anxious. This happens as you get closer and it gets more real. I'm having a hard time not getting overly anxious about this baby and thinking she'll be early, too. She'll come when she's ready.
Honestly, none of the "mother's intuition" or "motherly instinct" stuff kicked in for me until after the baby was here.
Your baby is coming, though. She won't be inside you forever.
DD2: Lucia (Lucy) 07/13
With DS, I swore I was going to go about 3 weeks early my entire pregnancy. I didn't have him until 40 weeks 3 days.
Wishful thinking. I really thought my 1st would come early, and she was 2 days after my due date. I REALLY thought my 2nd would be earlier than my first because second babies are "supposed" to be earlier, and because my doctors told me "any day now" for weeks, but she was induced 5 days after. I'm not putting a timeline on this baby, because I'll just be setting myself up for disappointment.
Yep. I had the same "intuition" with my first two...first born 40w 5d and second born 40w.
This. MI is more like your baby is off and *you* know something is wrong even if you can't prove it yet. Like the day before an ear infection really shows itself or when the house goes quite and you just know someone is drawing on the walls or peeing on the carpet.
This.
This.
I would have put money on baby #1 coming early. Especially since my "intuition" was backed up by me being 3cm dilated at 35 weeks (and as much as 4cm by 38 weeks).
DD#1 was born 10 days past EDD.
You may be right or you may be wrong but the end of pregnancy is long/hard enough without feeling like you have been pregnant a full month longer than you were "expecting."
yes.
I'm on the fence about mother's intuition. I generally do not follow the "live life based on your feelings" school of thought, but I have noticed that a lot of aspects of motherhood come naturally to me based on intuition. That said, my "intuition" about whether I'd have a boy or a girl the first time around was way off (I thought girl and had a boy
). I also thought he would arrive on time or slightly early, but he was 1w1d late.
This time around, I have no thoughts at all about when this baby will arrive. However, I do know that I will worry less about his sleep and eating schedule than I did with DS1 because my intuition served me pretty well the first time.
On the other hand, I am also not a mother who claims that mom always naturally knows best. She doesn't.
You have to balance intuition with education.
LOL