Were you born on your due date? Close to it? Way early? Way late?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

I was born a day after my due date--my mom had a scheduled c-section after finding out I was breech a few days before I was due to arrive. The doctor/nurses allegedly asked if she wanted them to try to turn me around, and she basically laughed in their faces and said she would much rather have the surgery than bother with all that in addition to labor. Staff was surprised she didn't even want to try. :D

[PBS Poll-435]

1. I was born exactly four days late.

My Irish mother and Irish grandmother were really trying for a certain day.

[bigwillq]

2. Six weeks early (nt)

[MorningGlow]

3. Late

I was supposed to be born before Christmas, but I didn't show up till Jan. 2. In the vicious winter of '66--yay me! I still love snow.

[Bunny]

42. Bunny Jr. was the same way. Due December 21, arrived January 3.

I was beyond frustrated with the delay!

[MorningGlow]

46. Especially over the holidays--makes it worse

Of course, my mom was cheesed that I didn't show up on January 1 so I could be "famous" as a New Year's baby.

I'm surprised my mom's doc (and yours) didn't talk induction. MG Jr. was only five days late (due Oct. 30, arrived Nov. 4--election day!) and my midwives were rumbling about induction.

[Bunny]

47. Actually, I was scheduled for induction, but my water broke 5 hours before I was to report

to the hospital for the procedure. So I had to do it the old-fashioned way. :eyes:

[MorningGlow]

48. Me too

My water didn't break, but I started labor Monday night and went in Tuesday morning (okay, before dawn--what did I know--it was my first and only). As I was waddling into the birthing center, I asked the nurses to cancel my 11:00 appointment for my pre-induction ultrasound down the hall.

[Deja Q]

4. Nearly 3 months early, weighing in at slightly more than two bags of potato chips

(2lbs, 15oz - then vain as I was, went on a diet... 2lbs, 1oz...)

[mnhtnbb]

5. Way late--said Mom. But I wonder whether she had the due date figured correctly.

I wasn't that big for being almost a month late.

[DarkTirade]

6. I think my older brother was born a little early and I was born a little late.

Odd that our birthdays are only 5 days apart. :P

[MonkeyFunk]

7. a month early

actually, *I* was born infinitely early, as I wasn't even expected. My twin sister was, though. I was just tagging along, evidently.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

33. Whoa.

That's crazy! :D

[ronnykmarshall]

52. Wow!

What a nice suprise for your parents.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. My dear WIMR!

Interesting question!

I was early, a month early...

My due date was Christmas!

And I arrived right after Thanksgiving...

I think I must have heard about my real due date, and decided that hell no, I wasn't about to have my birthday and Christmas coincide!

So I came early...


Actually, I think my mom was pre-eclamptic...High blood pressure, swelling and all that...

The body often goes into labor under those conditions...

So, whichever story you believe...

I'm a November baby, instead of a December one...

It works for me!

:bounce: :bounce:

[pink-o]

9. I too was meant to be a Capricorn and made it into Sagittarius

Due on December 31 but was born December 16. But in 1954 I think the docs weren't that good at predicting!

Anyway, I would have been less inclined to dorkiness and social gaffes if I'd made it to my due date. Saj's aren't known for our tact or diplomacy!!

...but somehow people love us anyway.

:toast:

[TZ]

10. About two weeks early

I was due on July 5th..My mom wanted a 4th of July baby..but it twas not to be..impatient me arrived June 20th

[FarLeftRage]

11. Two weeks early...

Had I been born on my due date - March 17th, my name might have been different.

[WinkyDink]

12. Ripped untimely from the womb.....one month early.

[liberaltrucker]

13. Don't know

I was the third of 4 boys. Mom was knocked out by some drug
they used in 1954 that use today would be unthinkable.

Come to think of it, maybe that explains a lot!

:rofl:

[johnnie]

14. I was born August 22nd, 1964

Exactly 9 months to the day that JFK was assassinated. So I was either conceived on that day (which I doubt), a few days earlier or a few days later. I never really had the balls to ask my parents when they boinked.

[bbinacan]

15. The due date for me was April Fool's Day

and I surprised them by being born on St.Patricks Day (March 17). I think I like a St. Paddy's day birthday over an April Fool's birthday. Wouldn't you agree?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

32. My cousin has an april fool's birthday.

Her sister is a Valentine's baby.

:rofl:

[Maine-ah]

44. lol, I was due in March, and born on April 1

:hi:

[AggieGal]

16. I was 2 days late

That is fine with me to be born on the July 15th. Did not care for the 13th for unluckyness and it was already my cousin's birthday.

My husband was way late. He was to be born on May 6th and did not arrive until May 29th.

My sister was born on the right date. Of course, this comes with a disclaimer. The doctor changed the date part way through.

[Debi]

17. Two days late - which is fine w/me b/c Mom's due date was Feb. 14th

Your story is similar to Debi, Jr.'s - he was breech w/a foot stuck in the birth canal - I decided to skip labor and the attempt to turn him around and just go straight for a scheduled cesarean. Glad I did b/c Debi, Jr. has spina bifida and the birth and all the messing around w/trying to move him could have done major damage to his spinal cord (in addition to the damage already done). :hi: I don't feel I missed anything w/never experiencing labor. :7

[lizziegrace]

18. I was 6 weeks early, Lelapin was born the day before her due date

labor was induced...

[underpants]

19. My mother carried me for 11 months

and I shit myself before delivery

Clearly I already knew that you keep were all crazy and was trying to do everything I could to resist having to deal with you

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

20. Due September 5th - arrived on August 27th

So I was able to make it to kindergarten with kids almost a year older than me.

[Inchworm]

21. I remember jumping out of a warm pool

:yoiks:

[Q3JR4]

22. I think the most I can say

is that I was born on my, um , birth date...



Q3JR4.

[ThatsMyBarack]

23. My mom says I came on the very day I was due!

Just barely, though--@ 11:17 p.m. EST on January 25, 1971! ;)

[Connonym]

24. I was over 3 weeks late

and nearly 9 lbs. My kids were both born a couple weeks early because they were breach and the first turned herself the day before my C section so they induced labor so she wouldn't have time to turn again. The second they turned manually (and it's not as awful as it sounds) and induced right away to prevent her turning again. Evidently my kids didn't like being upside down in utero.

[greatauntoftriplets]

25. I was born on my cousin's due date...four days late.

And he was born on mine. So he will always be four days older than me.

It's an ongoing joke between us.

[ThomCat]

26. Two and a half months early.

My brother and I couldn't wait. :shrug:

[Tektonik]

27. I was supposed to be born in December

But I was born a month early on Nov 17th, and I was 10 lbs :P

[Lyric]

28. Born right on my due date.

My brother was 2 weeks late, and my sister was 2 weeks early. :)

My own little boy was born the same way as you--the day after his due date via c-section, after a sonogram showed that he was far too large to be born easily the "normal" way. He wound up being 10 lbs, 11.6 ounces. :hi:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

34. I was 8lbs, 2 oz at birth.

My mom was relieved--they were making me out to be a real monster, 9+ lbs, which also figured into her eagerness for a c-section. :D

[DFW]

29. As I remember it at the time...............

[struggle4progress]

30. Nobody gave me the schedule so I just had to guess when to run for open air

Ever since then, I've always figured if they didn't care enough to brief me about the proper time in advance, I really didn't need to hear any ex post facto complaints

[conscious evolution]

45. LOL!

[Nikia]

31. Three and a half weeks early

But I physically appeared to be a full term baby. I wanted to be born. My mother was only in labor for 4 hours with me.

[Critters2]

35. Several days late. My mom's water broke weeks early, so she was put on bed rest,

and told I'd come early. I don't like people deciding for me what I should do. So I was born more than a week after my original due date. My mom always said I hadn't been on time for anything since! :)

[MrSlayer]

36. 5 days late. Foreshadowing my future chronic procrastination.

It's probably good though. I was due on Feb. 14, my mother was going to name me Valentino. What hell that would have been.

[Pakhet]

37. 3 months early

2 lbs 4 oz, but only lost a couple of oz - my mom said I never stopped moving and got my nose stuck in one of the incubator airholes once :P

[bridgit]

38. i was a premie...2 months...

[LostInAnomie]

39. I was supposed to be born on St. Patrick's Day.

That's why my middle name is Patrick.

My shitty luck had me be born 9 days late.

[LeftyMom]

40. Early, by scheduled section.

I was breech, and for some reason they didn't want to wait until my mom actually went into labor to see if I turned. This strikes me as being rather stupid, but hey, nobody asked me.

Anyhow, since my mother got to schedule the surgery, I was born on St Patrick's Day. My mom worked in a bar just off the parade route, and she figured that was the only way she was getting out of dealing with the amateur drinkers.

[TieDyedDad]

41. I was born two days late

apparently I was concieved in a drunken stupor on New Year's eve 1970.

[Maine-ah]

43. three weeks late

my mom had been in a car accident, and broke her hip. She was laid up in a hospital bed for six weeks. I was breeched, and 9lbs, 21 inches. My arms were twisted behind my back, and I couldn't move them. I went through some physical therapy, docs said I wouldn't ever use my left arm. I'm left handed, btw. The only one in the whole family. My mom had me naturally. This was 1974.

I went into labor with my daughter at 12:15 am, 15 minutes after her due date. She was born a full 24 hours later via c-section.

[lizerdbits]

49. Also three weeks late

My mom was due May 31 and they induced her June 20 (1974). Apparently I thought was fine where I was. She has told me many times how large I was (9lb 5oz, 22") I guess for guilt. :rofl: Although they lived in DC with no AC so being past due in that weather was probably pretty awful.

When my older sister was born she was induced the day after her due date, so there wasn't even a chance for it to happen naturally.

[SarahB]

50. Four days before my due date. No exciting stories. nt

[ronnykmarshall]

51. Three weeks early

I was born on 2/6 and was due 2/23.

[TommyO]

53. I was born two weeks prior to my due date

It was a summer pregnancy, and I think my mother just wanted me out of there.

[momto3]

54. I was supposed to be born Dec. 31.

I was 2 weeks late and born Jan. 14. My Dad, to this day, still teases me about losing him the tax deduction for that year.

[graywarrior]

55. 21 days late

Was supposed to be on Halloween and then my mom nearly gave birth to me in a cab and THEN I turned out to be a breech birth. Trouble from the start.

[femmocrat]

56. I don't remember. nt

[mentalsolstice]

57. On due date, at 11:50 p.m.

After my mom was in labor for 2 days. She's hated me ever since :smile:

[BlueIris]

58. I was surprised to find out recently that I was a week early.

My younger sister was eight days late.

[Mutley]

59. I was three days late.

And the doctors induced labor because my mother was apparently in a lot of pain.