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When U Go Into Labor? Posted: 08-31-07 12:24pm
How many women do you guys know who go
into labor before their due dates with
their first baby? How many do you know
that go into labor after the due dates
witht their first baby? I KNOW EVERY
PREGNANCY IS DIFFERENT, but I just wanted
to know some statistics. I just want to
see what catagory first time mom's fall
into.
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vanessalouanne
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Posted: 08-31-07 12:35pm
I personally went into labor 3 days early
with my first, but i was also the only
person in my family (out of 6 babies) to
do so.
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hopefulmjz
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Posted: 08-31-07 15:13pm
I personally went over my due date by 5
days, and then I was induced. Tho I
believe I was going into labor the day I
went in anyways.
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Posted: 08-31-07 15:31pm
found some kindof statistics hope this
helps!
Here are some things to think about as you
approach your estimated due date. Babies
have their own calendar. As much as we
would like to naturally induce labour as
soon as “we” are ready, labour starts
often unpredictably and sometimes later
than what mothers would like for their own
comfort. Babies will come at 38 weeks and
other times will need 42 weeks.
Technically you are not overdue or what is
called “postdates” until 42 weeks.
However, today it is more common to hear
from providers that you are “overdue”
even if your due date was yesterday!
So in essence, your due date is only a
very rough target; which is why it is
referred to as an EDD - estimated due
date. Your own baby will likely come
within a period of four weeks between
38-42 weeks. Only about 3-5% of women
actually give birth on their due date not
to mention that the majority of women
don’t go into labour until after their
estimated due date!
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aidensmom
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Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 16 Location: Montana
Posted: 09-03-07 06:10am
Most first time mom's go past their due
dates I think that it's
only like 1 in 20 women actually deliver
on their due date. Usually after 42 weeks
they will induce labor because it is no
longer healthy for the baby or the momma.
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I think that it's
only like 1 in 20 women actually deliver
on their due date. Usually after 42 weeks
they will induce labor because it is no
longer healthy for the baby or the momma.