How do you know if you'll go early? Added ? for BTDT moms!

Some women say that they're due in X weeks but they know that they're going to go early or have a feeling that it will be before then?

I would like to go early (not too early) but isn't it up to to determine that?

For BTDT moms who went early - did you have any symptoms/problems/signs that you were going to go early or did it just happen?

I'm nervous that I'm not going to make it to my showers at 35 and 36 weeks!!

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Re: How do you know if you'll go early? Added ? for BTDT moms!

Well honestly you never really know. You might have a feeling or indications but they can be wrong. They told me I would go any day for weeks with DD and I finally went into labor at 38 weeks only to end up with a section.

This time this little is measuring just about the same as DD and I'm scheduled for a repeat section at 38 w 6 days which is later than when I went with DD - and she is dropping so my OB has said there is a chance I could go sooner than my scheduled section. Whether it happens or not - who knows! But I am at 21 days so I know that is the longest I will have to wait if she doesn't make her appearance sooner.

Re: How do you know if you'll go early? Added ? for BTDT moms!

I was very swollen and achy. BUt I had twins so I knew I was going early-it happened a couple of weeks earlier then we expected because of preeclampsia

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Honestly, 9 out of 10 preggos think they're going early. I think maybe 2 of those 9 are right.

Typical example: My girlfriend was due September 25.. her mother (a nurse) SWORE she was having an August baby based on her size. She gave birth October 2 by c-section because she was making no progress.

I think at the end, people just want it to be over and they hope that every ache and pain is an indication of labor but it's really more of a wish than a sense IMO.

I thought I was going early and I did - 4 days early. But I was already dilating at my first internal, made progress by my second AND I had my ob strip my membranes ( ) which sometimes moves things along.

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Posted by eroxgirl

Honestly, 9 out of 10 preggos think they're going early. I think maybe 2 of those 9 are right.

Typical example: My girlfriend was due September 25.. her mother (a nurse) SWORE she was having an August baby based on her size. She gave birth October 2 by c-section because she was making no progress.

I think at the end, people just want it to be over and they hope that every ache and pain is an indication of labor but it's really more of a wish than a sense IMO.

I thought I was going early and I did - 4 days early. But I was already dilating at my first internal, made progress by my second AND I had my ob strip my membranes ( ) which sometimes moves things along.

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With this pregnancy I had a gut feeling I was going to go early. So much so that when talking to my OB about scheduling my-cesction I told him I was not going to make it to 39 weeks. Sure enough, a few weeks later I had a pre-term labor scare and my cervix is already soft and short. I am just hoping to make it to 34 weeks.

For me, I am really in tune with my body and I "just knew".

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The only reason I knew I was going to go early was b/c I was admitted to L&D at almost 36 weeks for high BP and severe swelling. The doctor on call told me that I was moving towards pre-eclampsia and there was no way the doctors would let me go past 38 weeks. I never thought I was going to go early and was unprepared for being taken out of work 1 month before my EDD and put on strict bedrest.

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I was convinced I was going to go early a few weeks ago (I am 38 weeks tomorrow), but then after talking to a lot of people, I found out there really is no way of knowing for sure. Some people walk around dialated for weeks and don't go for a while.

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I was hoping to go early - given that everyone kept reminding me that first time moms tend to go late. I delivered my son at 37 weeks and I can honestly say I had absolutely NO idea. No indictaions or anything. I didn't lose my mucus plug beforehand, no pain, nothing. Just woke up with intense contractions at 1:30 am, water broke a few minutes later, went to hospital, and my was in my arms 5 hours later.

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I would think the only people that know definitely is if there is a medical issue (incompetent cervix, heart issue) or multiples.

I do agree that most people think they're going early & often that's not the case (in fact I once read that most people go late with their first). Part of the reason I think people believe they'll be early is once you're in the last month, in your mind, you're done with being pregnant. You're cranky, you're bigger than ever before & you are over it.

With my first I went at 34 weeks (a little too early). It never occurred to me that I'd go early, which is why I showed up at the hospital in denial that I was in labor. In retrospect, the biggest sign to me was I had so much pressure, I felt like the baby was just going to drop out. After my water broke & followed a few hours later with contractions, I knew I wasn't going to have that October baby after all.

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i was convinced the baby wouldnt come early..i was born 3 weeks late... my sisters 2 kids were born on time...

at 35 weeks i started getting swelling - hurt to stand up too long- and back started hurting that they had to give me a new chair...- 36 w 1 d- i was induced for preeclampsia...

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Posted by NextStopBabytown

Posted by eroxgirl

Honestly, 9 out of 10 preggos think they're going early. I think maybe 2 of those 9 are right.

Typical example: My girlfriend was due September 25.. her mother (a nurse) SWORE she was having an August baby based on her size. She gave birth October 2 by c-section because she was making no progress.

I think at the end, people just want it to be over and they hope that every ache and pain is an indication of labor but it's really more of a wish than a sense IMO.

I thought I was going early and I did - 4 days early. But I was already dilating at my first internal, made progress by my second AND I had my ob strip my membranes ( ) which sometimes moves things along.

Interesting...do you have to be at a certain point before your doctor will strip your membranes?

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