no my first was 5 weeks early and alot of my friends have had theres the week leading up to due date i think it all depends different people different situations x

Hi Im gatecrashing from TTC and i was also told this nonsense, i was supposed to go to a conference in dorset i live in london. this was 4 weeks befor my dues date and i refused to go my manager told me dont be sill all first babies are late. i poinnt blannk told her i am not going i just had a feeling. turns out i went into labour while the whole office was on there conference 4wks early everything was fine baby girl weighed 8lbs 14oz...good thing she came early....LOL

god some people,please dont listen to her ,your baby wil come when she /he is ready . just because its your first does not mean u will be later. print this thread and show your hubby .
good luck x

i think its a load of tosh,my first he was 5wks early my second pregnancy i was having twins they were 9wks early,my sil her first was 2wks early,her friend her first was a week early,they will come when they are ready

sarah

I have a pretty strong feeling that this baby is either going to be a teeny bit early or bang on time, but as it's my first I have no frame of reference! I've measured perfect for my dates at both scans I've had so far, and my 20 week scan is Thursday so I'm hoping the same will happen then. I just think some people who've had babies like to 'scare' you - because 'they know best' having been through it (albeit once) I should show her this thread too!!!!

I had always thought this too... and then loads of people I know have had babies recently and most have been early! Quite a few by 2-3 weeks!

I'm due 8th Sept and ideally don't want an August baby so really hope I'm not too early...! (although don't want to be late either. 4th or 5th Sept would be perfect!!! Baby if you're listening... lol!)

x 31 weeks

My little one is due in 15 days and I would LOVE LOVE LOVE her to be early and I have told her im ready for her so if she wants to come now then please do BUT I have told myself she will be late and that I have 27 days until I will be induced to stop me going insane with the waiting!

If I think she could be early then that will make the days I go overdue even more unbearable. Then if she is early it will be a bonus!!

Gemma 37+6
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Hi my daughter was early (4 days) 3 of my friends first babies were early too and only 1 of my friends went 2 weeks over due, so out of 5 of us all with first babies, 4 of us had our babies early ranging from 2 and half weeks early to 4 days early,lol with1 going past due date xx

Hi, my first son was 3 days early, and my second was 3 days late. One of my friends has just had her first baby, and he surprised everyone by being 4 weeks early! xx

hey hun i went 5 days overdue with my 1st but as others say its not all 1st babies that go overdue and i dont know many peple that have gone a full 2 weeks overdue! xx

My first arrived 2 weeks early and hoping this one is similar lol. All the way through everyone joked that I might have a christmas baby (was due in Jan) and we ate xmas dinner and my dad turned round and said right baby u can come now dinners out of the way. Later that night my waters went and I started having contractions ha ha. I just know that I'm gonna go over with this one tho as people tend to say 2nd babies are earlier than 1st lol

My son was 2 weeks early so dont worry hun, baby will come out when he/she is cooked xx

mine was 9 days late, but my sil's was 5 days early, which caused a bit of a hassle as she was due 6 days after me, so it's not a rule at all. Her second had to be induced 6 days before her due date as her waters broke 4 days before.

roflmao my first came a month early.

my first came bang on his due date!! He would have been born the day b4 but got a tad stuck and scraped in on the 26th feb at 12.33am xx i think its a load of rubbish no one can tell when they are gonna make their appearance xx

i was only due last week but my baby came 4 weeks early x

I thought all 1st babies were late but a few ladies at work had theres all early! xxx

I think this is similar to people telling you you are having a boy/girl. Only 5 % of babies arrive on their due date so the odds are almost 50/50.
My mum keeps telling me i'll be 2 weeks late cos she was with all 3 of us but I have a feeling it will be a bit early. Just have to wait and see I suppose!!

Lisa xxx

What a load of crap! As everyone else has said, baby will come when he/she is ready! My waters went 2 days before my due date and I was induced on my due date! Most areas tend to induce you around 10/11 days overdue if nothing has happened anyway so you have it BEFORE the 2 weeks!

P.S My mum had her 1st 1 month early, and me (her 3rd) 1 month late! It was a long time ago and they couldn't induce her to get me out as I was stuck in her hip! When I decided to finally move I was out in 30 mins lol :)