At how many weeks did you give birth?

Laurakim - you don't want your baby to arrive early, even if he / she turns out OK. It was heartbreaking to leave Callum in NICU and to come home without a baby. And then I never got milk either and had to take medication - I would pump for an hour at a time and got like 20ml out. And then you have to drive up and down to NICU to go visit and take milk and I had other kids at home as well. Callum did well and he is fine now, but there were babies there with him who did not do so well - you just never know. Callum is now nearly 4 months old, but he is like a 2 month old, only smiled at 11 weeks. And then off course you will get lots of people talking behind your back for the reason your baby came early. Here's a pic of Callum in NICU.

Also just wanted to say - Kayla came 8 days before her due date - she weight 2.6kg. Callum came 8 weeks before and was 2.1kg so he was big! When I was pregnant with Megan I thought she would come like 2 weeks early since Kayla was 8 days early, so that last week was torture! Just wanted her out he he. And then she arrived on 31 Dec - just in time for the new year.

Mommy N - your daughter's b/day is so cool hey! I had a friend who was pregnant and her daughter was due August 2008. She she wanted her daughter to be born on 080/08/08 and begged the gynae to induce which he did so the whole day she was in labour and then they eventually did a c-section just after midnight and baby was born on 09/08/08

My baby was born at 36weeks emergency c section due to placenta lying low,baby born healthy.

Interesting topic ladies

1st baby @ 36 weeks on the dot(was induced)
2nd baby @ 37 weeks 6 days

Both vaginal births, no epudural or any pain meds

Kaylae - lots of hugs to you xxxxxxxxxxxx

Honestly I have HUGE amounts of respect for those of you who went to 40wks and beyond. Really - RESPECT!!

Esmari, Joli and MommyN - were the early babas ok at birth? Esmari I know you mentioned she was so sick - was this due to her being early?

1st baby arrived at 41 weeks,natural birth with epidural and it was 12 hours labour.Contractions were bearable .born at 18:25.The waters broke at hour 6 of contractions.....

2nd baby arrived at 31 weeks 6days due to being stillborn,natural birth with epidural as well and it was 6 hours labour .Contractions were unbearable .born at 23:45.Don't remember waters breaking but DH said they did

Both girls were induced.

Vamo

I also had a natural with Epidural

I had contractions which really weren't bad. I thought they were practise contractions. Hubby insisted we go to hospital. Waters had not been broken or anything. Got to hospital I was 5cm dilated

Got and EPI at 7cm they broke my waters and 30 minutes later told to push- 3 pushes, baby was out.

Easy birth- 15 hour labour. First 8 hours of denial