When did your IVF baby arrive?

[{sarah}]

41 weeks & 3 days for my little 9lb 14oz (4.45kg) heffalump So nope not early or small!

[TaRhLi.]

38 weeks 3 days (scheduled c/s) weighing 3.2kg's. Probably would have gone full term or overdue due to having an underdeveloped lower portion of my uterus and therefore babies head wouldn't engage and she was quite happy where she was.

From delivery DD never left my side, only problem we had was B/Fing and this was due to me also having anemia and my milk taking 5 days before coming in and being very low in volume (all gone by 3 weeks).

DD is now a very happy and healthy thriving 4 months old, weighing in at a good 6.5kg's.

[Mrs Slyder]

Hi Sue,

It could just be that if what you heard/read is based on stats, this could be taking into account the higher chance of multiple birth with IVF.

Given multiples are generally smaller and often arrive earlier than singletons, the stats could be skewed by that.

Dunno - just a thought.

[MummaSue]

Thanks for all your experiences ladies!!

Mrs S, what I was reading was actually based on singleton IVF pregnancies. It was an article in the Independent newspaper that came up when I googled it. But there is loads of other articles that I've read too.
Some of the articles suggested that the premmie rate is higher in IVF pregnancies because the women "tend" to be older. But that isn't the case here for a lot of us, so that doesn't really sit well with me.

I guess everyone is different hey? I'll just have to sit tight and wait and see when my little bubby is going to make her appearance!

Thanks again everyone
S X

[Mrs Slyder]

Ah - Ok.

Rules out my theory then!

[onthefly]

I would guess it's a mixture of age and underlying reasons for infertility, and maybe also OB treatment of pregnancies (I've heard some are far more likely to induce early or schedule c/s with IVFers)

[Kahlan]

Yup, my OB wanted to induce me at 39 weeks but luckily I said to wait a week. He said since it is a precious baby, IVF and all... doesn't make sense now that I come to think of it as there is more problems with induction.

Sue you must be so excited and anxious. Hang in there, pregnancy is such a wonderful magical time (I can say that now that I have gone through it)... so enjoy it as much as you can.

[Acacia]

I was due to be induced at 39 weeks due to GD (concern about baby's size, and my placenta), but after a couple of sweeps around 38 weeks my membranes ruptured spontaneously and (eventually) DD was born at 38+6, 3.62kg.

At 40 weeks plus she might have been pretty big by that time lol. And she was most definitely not ready to come when she did as she was not engaged when my membranes ruptured. Who knows when she would have been ready?

Not long to go now, Sue - hope you're feeling well!