How far along were you when you had your firstborn?

ClaireBear90 · December 2015

When did you have your first baby? If you went into labor on your own, select the week you gave birth. If you were induced or had a scheduled c-section, choose one of the final options and feel free to comment with how far along you were.

FIRST TIME MOMS: if you want to see the results, please click on the view results button. Don't vote based off of when you think/hope your firstborn will be born or results will be skewed.

KMKaiser07 · December 2015

I was induced at 41w1d

blueeyedrose86 · December 2015

I went into labor at 40+2, she was born the next day ♡

shelbibrooke82 · December 2015

I went into labor 40+4...she came on her own!!

mrspepper05 · December 2015

I went into labor at 40+4. They gave me Pitocin because I wasn't progressing very quickly on my own. She was born at 40+5.

skruhmin · December 2015

Water broke and went into labor on my own 37+6. His cord was wrapped 3x so he needed out! (Even though labor was 17 1/2 hours).

SarahFoley725 · December 2015

This post makes me feel like stocking up on those adult stress relieving coloring books. Looks like I'm in for a looooong ride

Parker16772 · December 2015

I was on hospital bed rest and had a c-section at 38 weeks 2 days due to pre-e. Really hoping to avoid bed rest this time. So far so good.

cmerribury · December 2015

I went into labor on my own when my water broke at 36w 1d.

oceanchild · December 2015

water broke in bed at 40w

my ex-doctor had stripped my membranes at me previous appt (without consent), i think that was a day or two before? she didn't want to work on Independence Day (jerk)

blueeyedrose86 · December 2015

oceanchild said:
water broke in bed at 40w
my ex-doctor had stripped my membranes at me previous appt (without consent), i think that was a day or two before? she didn't want to work on Independence Day (jerk)

Ugh. I have heard of this happening so many times it makes me sick.

skruhmin · December 2015

oceanchild said:

water broke in bed at 40w
my ex-doctor had stripped my membranes at me previous appt (without consent), i think that was a day or two before? she didn't want to work on Independence Day (jerk)

What day is your first's birthday? We have a 4th of July baby (membranes stripped on the 3rd).

oceanchild · December 2015

skruhmin said:

What day is your first's birthday? We have a 4th of July baby (membranes stripped on the 3rd).

The 1st of July. Jerk doctor would have gotten her wish without causing me all that pain, i'm certain!

amaniupendo · December 2015

40w on the dot.

lindscnn1 · December 2015

My first was induced at 37 weeks. The doctor gave me supposed medical reasons for it but I was young and took his word. A few years later I learned he was being sued by numerous patients because his inductions led to serious health problems for their babies. One of the mom's was on the show Montel Williams.
My second came on her own 6 hours shy of her due date.

smount2011 · December 2015

I don't remember to the day, other than I was 32 weeks. I had no symptoms of her coming, other than a small back ache 2 days before. I had just contributed it to overdoing things that day, laid down with a heat pack and felt better. 2 days later my water broke and by time I got to labor and delivery, I had dilated 5.5 cm without a single contraction. I have no recollection of BH contractions either. Every time the dr asked me if I had any I simply said no, because I hadn't. I had the injection to stop the labor which it didn't, then the steroid shot to help her lungs, and then I got the IV with Pitocin and shipped via ambulance to the next hospital where they had a NICU. By time I got there I was definitely feeling the contractions! My water broke at 7pm, I had her at 4:35 AM. 3 lbs 13 oz. and 16.5 inches long.

kitteh81 · December 2015

blueeyedrose86 said:

oceanchild said:
water broke in bed at 40w
my ex-doctor had stripped my membranes at me previous appt (without consent), i think that was a day or two before? she didn't want to work on Independence Day (jerk)
Ugh. I have heard of this happening so many times it makes me sick.

Me too! In fact, I heard enough women saying that had happened to them, that I just decided I'm not consenting to vaginal exams before I'm in active labor (and even then I request that they be kept to a minimum, if at all.)

There's just no good reason to be poking around in there during the last weeks of pregnancy.

kitteh81 · December 2015

charley15 said:
I don't remember to the day, other than I was 32 weeks. I had no symptoms of her coming, other than a small back ache 2 days before. I had just contributed it to overdoing things that day, laid down with a heat pack and felt better. 2 days later my water broke and by time I got to labor and delivery, I had dilated 5.5 cm without a single contraction. I have no recollection of BH contractions either. Every time the dr asked me if I had any I simply said no, because I hadn't. I had the injection to stop the labor which it didn't, then the steroid shot to help her lungs, and then I got the IV with Pitocin and shipped via ambulance to the next hospital where they had a NICU. By time I got there I was definitely feeling the contractions! My water broke at 7pm, I had her at 4:35 AM. 3 lbs 13 oz. and 16.5 inches long.

Wow, how scary to have no warning at all. Thank god it happened at 32 weeks and not any earlier than that. I've had 2 friends who lost their first because they went into unexpected labor like yours, except it happened at 22 and 24 weeks. So sad.

emjeve · December 2015

Went into labor 40+2, DD was born at 40+3! My water never broke- Doctor broke it for me after laboring for 15ish hours. I was convinced DD was a giant baby because I pushed for 3 hours and 17 minutes and was really struggling, but no, a tiny peanut of 6lbs 3oz!

Melodyags · December 2015

My water broke and went into labor with my first at 36 weeks. No warning before that was getting ready to go work. Then contractions started. After 9 hours and my doctor leaving for vacation the next morning I was induced. 9 hours later had my daughter was born. She was healthy except a little jaindice and weighed in at 6 pounds 2 oz 17 inches long.

blueeyedrose86 · December 2015

kitteh81 said:

blueeyedrose86 said:

oceanchild said:
water broke in bed at 40w
my ex-doctor had stripped my membranes at me previous appt (without consent), i think that was a day or two before? she didn't want to work on Independence Day (jerk)
Ugh. I have heard of this happening so many times it makes me sick.

Me too! In fact, I heard enough women saying that had happened to them, that I just decided I'm not consenting to vaginal exams before I'm in active labor (and even then I request that they be kept to a minimum, if at all.)

There's just no good reason to be poking around in there during the last weeks of pregnancy.

This exactly. No thanks, I don't need your hand in my bajingo lol

smount2011 · December 2015

kitteh81 said:

charley15 said:
I don't remember to the day, other than I was 32 weeks. I had no symptoms of her coming, other than a small back ache 2 days before. I had just contributed it to overdoing things that day, laid down with a heat pack and felt better. 2 days later my water broke and by time I got to labor and delivery, I had dilated 5.5 cm without a single contraction. I have no recollection of BH contractions either. Every time the dr asked me if I had any I simply said no, because I hadn't. I had the injection to stop the labor which it didn't, then the steroid shot to help her lungs, and then I got the IV with Pitocin and shipped via ambulance to the next hospital where they had a NICU. By time I got there I was definitely feeling the contractions! My water broke at 7pm, I had her at 4:35 AM. 3 lbs 13 oz. and 16.5 inches long.
Wow, how scary to have no warning at all. Thank god it happened at 32 weeks and not any earlier than that. I've had 2 friends who lost their first because they went into unexpected labor like yours, except it happened at 22 and 24 weeks. So sad.

It was scary- I was just a mess when it happened. I was blessed she was marked to be a big baby- i measured 2 weeks ahead at my 26 week ultrasound to where the dr even changed my due date and according to the NICU doctor by then babies begin to triple their weight and she wouldve been a 9+ pound baby! I don't know if she would've survived if she was any smaller.

ClaireBear90 · December 2015

Thanks for sharing, ladies! No one made it to 43 weeks?

On my last BMB we had a mom whose firstborn was born 43 weeks. So few women are "allowed" to wait that long.

My water broke with my firstborn at 40 wks 3 days. I went into labor and finally gave birth 40 wks 5 days. Longest weekend of my life.

alligreer88 · December 2015

I don't know how to create the polls on this site, but it would be cool to do this for stm. That way, those on our second could compare first baby to second from those moms on baby 3+. And hopefully get excited that its going to go sooner/faster:-). Maybe that's just me.

kynbar5 · December 2015

alligreer88 said:
I don't know how to create the polls on this site, but it would be cool to do this for stm. That way, those on our second could compare first baby to second from those moms on baby 3+. And hopefully get excited that its going to go sooner/faster:-). Maybe that's just me.

Except there's already been a conversation about it and going sooner/faster definitely isn't always the case.

kitteh81 · December 2015

My second labor was faster/easier than my first, but I went to 41 weeks pregnant with both.

2-Step · December 2015

Went into labor the evening of my due date but didn't give birth until 3 days later by csection.

skruhmin · December 2015

kitteh81 said:

My second labor was faster/easier than my first, but I went to 41 weeks pregnant with both.

Second labor was faster by 5 hours but I was 3 days overdue with him.

alligreer88 · December 2015

Right. Except I wasn't suggesting a conversation but rather a poll. And I think it's statistically proven they do move faster second time around way more times than not. Obviously, 2nd labor being faster/sooner wouldn't happen for every case. That would be impossible! ;-). So far we are 2/2 on moving faster! Yay. No poll, nbd, I'm already thrilled.

kynbar5 · December 2015

While my actual labors have gotten shorter my time spent pregnant has gotten longer.

Melodyags · December 2015

My labor drastically got shorter with pregnancies. 1st was 18 hours, 2nd 7 hours and 3rd around 1 hour and almost didnt make to hospital.

ClaireBear90 · December 2015

@alligreer88 be careful what you wish for.

My second labor was shorter (that was almost a given since I labored for two days with DD) but it was a heck of a lot harder and more intense. My husband couldn't believe it when I said my first birth was easier, but it really was.

And my firstborn was born before my due date, my second came a week past. I was all ready to go at 37 weeks, everything done and ready because I was so certain that since it was my second I'd go early. Waiting another 4 weeks was tough. I think statistically you're right that labors tend to be shorter with your second though. How long was your first labor?

kitteh81 · December 2015

Woah, that is pretty a drastic reduction in labor time! My first was 28 hours long, and my second was 6. I thought 6 hours was ideal. Long enough that it never felt like things were progressing too quickly for me to mentally and emotionally process, but short enough that I wasn't close to begging someone to knock me over the head with a lead pipe and just cut the baby out already (that was my first labor. For the record, no one complied with my request and I managed to push my baby out without the assistance of knives, lead pipes, or pain meds.)

I'm hoping for another labor like my second.

alligreer88 · December 2015

It's really impossible to say how long my first really was, because it involved so much medication what would have naturally happened is impossible to tell. I was induced at 41 weeks, skipped cervidal even though I wasn't thinned or dilated what so ever. They claimed I was having contractions, which weren't enough for me to even know. I got pitocin for about 6 hours which concluded when for the 4th time babies heart rate (being internally monitored) was too low for too long because my contractions were on top of each other, baby wasn't getting a break. I think I got too much pitocin or couldn't tolerate it or something. I was only 3 centimeters. It was making my contract and want to push a baby out but I wasn't thinned at all. I ended up getting a shot to counter act what pitocin was causing to me and baby. They disconnected my epidural at the point. I started pushing 12 hours after pitocin started, born hour later. Nicu was in the hall as they thought baby had been deprived from oxygen/had low heart rate. My goal is no pitocin this time. It was either administed wrong or my body just didn't tolerate/wasn't ready or combo of all. My birth plan, no Pitocin. 10 lb baby, I tore and was cut a lot. I'm not sure if waiting it out to 41, 42 weeks is better, or induced at 40-42. My husband is big, we have big babies.

Synnovus · December 2015

With my first labor contraction started on a Thursday which was the day after my EDD, but they tapered off after some time and was on and off until Friday morning when they got consistent and stronger. DS arrived Saturday evening. Hoping for a shorter birth this go around!

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