Having a 'feeling' of if you'll be early, ontime or overdue?

For a lot of the pregnancy I've had a strong instinct/gut feeling that our bubba is going to come early. Not super early, but say a week or even just a few days before the due date. But I've been trying to talk myself out of that thinking as most first timers are overdue and it'll be hard being there thinking "I was SO sure this would be over by now!"

Just wondering if many of you had a feeling about when your baby was going to come and whether you were right... it seems that so often the evidence indicates that pregnant women seem to 'know' so much that I'm wondering if I might be right...

When I was pregnant with Nina I told everyone that I was going to go early. I just had that instinct. And I was right, she was born at 37 weeks/2 days. With this pregnancy I have a feeling I'm going to go early again. I even have the date set in my mind!

Beany is due on 3rd June 2008, but a few weeks back I had a dream about Beany and the date 18th May stuck in my head for some reason. Now I don't know if it means anything, and I went 12 days overdue with DS so I would be very surprised if Beany happened to arrive on May 18 as that would mean he/she would be two weeks early. But I will let you know if anything significant happens on May 18 :D

Ummm, I thought DS would arrive early because i was soooo big and soooo uncomfortable - he arrived 10 days over, just like his big sister!

Yep...I thought I was going to be early too...Felix was 8 days overdue!

Maybe it's our way of just making sure that we are really ready!!!

With Zander I hadn't really thought about it, but with this one I'm convinced she is going to be an April bub. No reason why, just because LOL!!

I think I'll be early for 2 reasons, 1. Im really small & 2. I was born prem

I'm interested in this thread as I have a feeling I'll go early because of my age (I'll be 42 at the time of his birth).

I've had a feeling for ages that I'd go around the 11th April. Just a hunch.

I thought I was going to be early too. Bub is 9 days overdue and still in there!

I don't think it's a feeling - just wishful thinking!
I gave up wondering when my third would come and she arrived 3 weeks early!
The other 2 were right on time and I had given myself 3 weeks off work before she arrived. So she came the next day.....

I think all of my clients felt their bub would come early :cryinglaugh: No offense intended, just an observation hehehe :) Hope I don't curse you ren :P Speaking of which I will find your email tonight so we can book in our second date ;)

I actually expected to go overdue, being first babe and all, then Rissy was a few days early.... then I didnt think I would have good luck twice, and Elijah was even earlier!!! hahaha :)

Hi, I have always thought since I fell pregnant this baby is a 36 weeker. My first came extremely early at 30-31 weeks due to pre-eclamsia. This one i have always thought will be 36 weeks. I then had a dream that I had her at 36 weeks and my date happens to be on 29 February! In my dream i was shouting no, she'll never have a birthday!!! It was funny. So on the 29th of this month I'll be sitting by the door with my bags packed!

I can't count how many people ask me if I think I'll go early....why is that I wonder?

This is my first and I've had a feeling that I will go close to my due date, or a few days either side. My sister is pregnant too and I've had a feeling that she will go at least 1 week early. Not sure why but I have a stronger feeling about her than me!

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Speaking of which I will find your email tonight so we can book in our second date ;)

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Ooo- that would be good. I'm looking forward to seeing you again. Unless you've jinxed me- then you're in trouble!

It's looking like the mother instinct is a bit all over the place on this one...

I had a gut feeling (hehe) that Elijah was definitely not going to be late, and he came on his due date. Riley I had no real clue, and he was 2 days over.

I had a real feeling that my DS would come early, and he did, at 35 weeks! I didn't actually expect a prem LOL.

I finished work at 32 weeks, and alot of people gave me a hard time, saying it was too early, but I really did think my bub would be here by 37-38 weeks. Whether or not I *knew*, or it was just coincidence, who knows? ;)

With my son I always assumed that i would go a little earlier then my due date. And yep 3 weeks before he was due out he came. With this one I have the same feeling, however, i keep having the feeling that this one will be even earlier. This little bubs also likes to sit very low, and right down in my pelvis, she has come very comfy there and doesn't move up at all. I also had a dream and kept seeing the number 30. Hopefully she wpn't come at 30 weeks, 36-37 weeks is ok but no earlier. Another reason behind my thinking is all my mum's 5 pregnancy's come early, so who knows.

same i just knew i'd go 2 weeks early and bub came at 37 weeks!!

noone believed me!!

i knew that i was gonna go real early- i had no indication that it was going to happen- but just knew!
to the stage that at 30 weeks i was telling people that i was going to go any day. On the Thursday i finished work but for no reason that i knew that it would be time, the next day(Friday) had my hair, feet done, final shave and packed my bags. That night i insisted that we finalize names- even though it was 1am in the morning - and the next day (Sat) i went into labour!!!
i just knew !!!
odette

I didn't really think about it with DS. He came a week early exactly.
I'm hoping this one is the same. Lol.

I knew I'd go early right from very early on in the pregnancy - I used to talk to DS inside me telling him that I didn't want to see him anytime before 37weeks - low and behold the cheeky monkey was born 37w 1day

Late for me! I think the little one will still be hanging in there after 41 weeks, hopefully will start to make movements of it's own accord before I have to get induced.
Hope it's not early!!!! Have waaay to much to sort out before then, and my mum's not arriving until due date of 17th April so hope little one isn't early!

I wonder for those who didn't already know if they were correct about hunches of the babies sex? sounds like you're all pretty spot on with estimating due dates, I'm very impressed!

I had a feeling that bub would be late and voila he came at 41wks. Still lucky i didnt have to go through the induction schedule. The feeling was quite strong I even packed my hosp bags in the morning when I had my contractions and had a feeling that this is the day LOL. Hope all goes well for you !

wow i find this so facinating... with my first i didnt have a feeling or anything but i thought i'd be Over due... even though i was hoping i'd be early... The hossy didnt believe my due dates and i ended up going to almost 44 weeks.. (bubs skin was peeling, and the doc said my placenta was in a bad way, any longer and bubs could have been in trouble)

This time since bout week 16 i've been dreaming that i'll be early... or like something bad happens and i go into labour... now i've read all of your posts i'm worried maybe its like instinct... Keep thinking bubs will come quite early and have a feeling like i need to get organised quickly...

WOuld be nice to go a little early but just as long as bubs is healthy then i'm not fussed...

I refused to tell anyone my due date while pg - it was 31st Jan, even here I had 3rd of Feb! I knew DS was going to be a Feb baby and I was pretty sure he would be out around the 11th, so I told everyone early Feb. Sure enough, went into labour (naturally, not that anyone believes me) 7am on the 12th and he came out 4.15pm on the 13th. So not too much waiting for me, but loads for DH who was set on a baby coming out 2 weeks earlier than he did!

Must admit, I did think that I'd have a boy on the 11th, if I went into labour and had the baby on the 28th/29th of Jan then she'd be a girl as that was our 6-year-meeting-and-starting-dating anniversaries. I did wonder about the 3rd, but was happy to wait for the 11th.

I had a feeling Jesse would be early all along. He was also always measuring 1 week ahead in size. Low and behold he was 2 days over due!

Me and my ex guessed that she'd come out 3 days before she finally did - and she was born at 38w4d.

Throughout my whole pregnancy I have thought I would go early..... I am now almost 37 weeks pregnant Yipeeeeeee so going very quickly...... I am seeing my ob on Friday for my next check-up and he said because of my gestational diabetes I may need to be induced at 39 weeks, depending on the size of the baby..... I am hoping the bub will come out naturally with no need to be induced. I am ready for him to come out, not scared of the labour at all.......

Shell xx

I have this feeling Jelly's going to come on a Sunday... don't know which Sunday of course.

I dreamt that DD would arrive on the 22 June, her EDD was the 14th and my dream was correct.

This time around I have not had a dream, but as bubs is due at the end of April, I tend to tell people "anytime late April early May". I tend to muck up the months though and say "March/April". I don't know why, but I am really struggling with an April/May date, March/April seems right. I actually hope not, as I don't want to go early. It will be interesting to see what happens.

Hmm- this thread has me thinking now. At first I was convinced I would be 10 days over but my thinking changed for most of the pregnancy... now I've just remembered the 10 day thing and it feels 'right' again. I think I should stop trying to guess :lol:

yes, I just *knew* I was going to go over with DS, and I did he was induced at 41+3days

I told everyone that ds was going to be early. I just hadn't planned on him being 2 1/2 weeks early I was thinking more like 1 1/2! This time I think it will be about the same, or a few days earlier. I even told my ob last week that I MIGHT make it to my 37 week appt but I think I'll have bubby about then. He said 'no worries if the babies ready then, then good for you it'll be a little easier' :) So I'm counting down 6 weeks instead of 9 just have to wait and see though I guess :D

Ren, just found this.... :)

I've been wondering the same thing....I kept saying earlier in this pg that Bubbles would be early but now I'm at 37wks and not feeling like it's going to happen soon I'm doubting myself! I never really thought about the others, I think I kinda expected to go over but didn't really have a clue. They were right on EDD so I'm praying I don't go over this time.....surely not???:rolleyes:

With DS I kept saying I wouldn't go early and everyone said I would. Now I am scared of being early with DD I really don't want to be early - I'd prefer late. I am hopeful that I can at the least keep her in until 39 weeks.

I wish there was a way to know for sure

I had no real idea with Alex, and was hospitalised at 28w and he was born at 34w, so six weeks early. I had nasty pre eclampsia.

So when I fell with Ned (and for those of you who remember, I didn't do a test until about 10w) I was told, by all and sundry including doctors, obs, nurses, midwives, basically that if I made it to 32w I was doing well. So my goal, in my head, was 32w, and that was what was going to happen.

So when I got to 32w, I was ready... and then along came 33, and then 34, and then 35, and then 36w, and then I had a scan to see if everything was okay, and they told me that he was 7lbs at 36w... and I completely flipped!

I was looking for a VBAC but OMG if he was 7lbs at 36w he was going to be a WHOPPER! So I begged and begged for a scheduled c/s but they said they were completely booked out for scheduled! (mind you this is Monash Medical Centre so I didn't really believe them!) Thank you Kelly for keeping me focussed during this time!

So along I went at 37w, then 38w, and then had a mini breakdown at 38w because I couldn't handle being this pregnant. I had never been "this pregnant" in my life and I was so huge it was AWFUL. I had a number of days of simply crying and wanting baby OUT NOW..... but it STILL didn't happen.

Mind you I had been told he would have been here six weeks earlier... so each day I had it in my mind that... today was the day....

And then 39w came, and then 40w came, and boy was I frustrated! GET THIS BLOODY BABY OUT NOW!!!!!

But no, no scheduled c/s for me.....

I tried everything... including sex (mind you I didn't like XH at this time either) and all types of other things... but still nothing...

So along came 41w... okay I was COMPLETELY over it.

And then at 41+1 I started with the epigastric pain, the spots in my eyes, and feeling very average.... so off we went to the hospital... pre-eclampsia well and truly setting in again... (had been on aspirin and labetelol on and off during the pg to try and manage high blood pressure - mostly successfully). Had an internal with a little Chinese doctor who had tiny hands... couldn't even FIND my cervix let alone determine whether it was favourable... so got another BIG doctor with BIG hands who told me that my cervix was very high and so closed he couldn't even get a finger in there so they couldn't break my waters...

So they then said... well we can manage the pre-eclampsia, we'll have to book you in for a c/s, you can have it done next week or you can have it done tomorrow...

Bugger next week, DH said, we'll have it tomorrow! Didn't consult with me at all, just said yes, we'll have it tomorrow thanks.

So my dreams of a VBAC went out the window...

And Ned was born at 41+2 weighing 4.38kgs (or maybe 4.48, can't remember exactly) bloody hell, not bad for a pre-eclampsia mum! Mind you he had a 39.7 head circumference (that I DO remember) so I don't exactly know how I would have gone with a VBAC with a head circ that big!

So much for "knowing" whether he was going to be early or not! I was told by EVERYONE he was going to be born at 32w, and I spent the next nearly 10w going out of my mind!

If someone tries to tell me when my next bubba will be born, I'm going to shoot them!

Everyone told me i would have to go early. I was huge (probably something to do with the 30kg i packed on, altho bubs was nearly 5 of that!).. But he came 5 days late! it shocked everyone. U really need to take it day by day and dont get any hopes up that you are going to come early cause you just get dissapointed and you dont want that!

I had a feeling I would go a bit early, but realistically thought bubs would be late as I was 3 weeks overdue when I was born. Oliver was 5 days early.