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Ready and prepared. My girl seems eager to come out😂
@Tolu I'm the same! I'm only due early May but I naively thought most first babies would be late and have my head fully set on May 🫣
Yes I was saying this to my partner last night about how many may babies are being born early and he was like right we’ve still got a few things we need to do let’s get it done 😂
My first was nearly 2 weeks late but I wouldn't mind this one being early!
My baby girl was born on Saturday, I wasn’t expecting to see her until early May! Up until that point I had only been discussing being induced because of gestation diabetes! It’s wonderful she is here and doing so well but what a shock.
My midwife said she is seeing a lot of pre-term babies at the moment
@Ciara congratulations, glad she’s doing well!
@Ciara Wow. Congratulations! Hope all is going well and you settle into a pattern soon
Yep! I’m due 14 May and definitely got a feeling he’s going to be early! My MIL has said she sees him coming in April, I don’t finish work until 25 April 😅
Is it really early if it’s only a few weeks ? Due dates are only estimated anyway.
Preterm is anything before 37 weeks
@Eide I am 80% prepared 😅 @Lauren I am in the same boat as you but they are all very much non-important things! @Ciara Congratulations! @Ema i’m not due until 25th May so to me 8wks is early, I know they are only estimates but as nice as it would be to have baby here, the thought that your timeline can shrink instantly is the nerve wracking part of this 🥲
@Ciara oo did she have any guesses why?
I'm due may 4th, crazy to think I'm full term in a week and a bit
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Oh yes 8 weeks is a lot. I meant for people having babies anywhere from 37weeks or even a few days before.
@Becky I think they've stopped referring to 37 weeks as full term. 37-38+6 is now early term and 39-40+6 is full term
@Paulina that is incorrect, baby is fully developed at 37 weeks
@Eide no, you are completely incorrect. At 37 weeks baby is quite well developed but not necessarily completely, especially in terms of lungs and brain development. https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/resources/early-term-birth-every-week-counts/ - this is mostly about implications of early term induction but explains quite well where babies tend to be, development-wise at each week of being term (early and full)
@Paulina my midwife has still said 37 weeks is full term, so did the midwives at our antenatal classes and the midwives on the ward for our hospital show round :) 36+6 and earlier is pre-term from what we’ve been told by doctors and the hospital :) x
Yes, <37 is pre-term. Then everything above is "term", divided into early term (not to be confused with pre-term!), full term and late term. It's not exactly a new concept either. That's why inductions and c-sections aren't *routinely* offered before 39 weeks (the risks outweigh benefits when there aren't any additional risk factors). Your midwife needs an update on NICE guidelines ;)
Yes! I’m due my first baby in early May but my friend’s first baby came 2 weeks early recently. Seeing all these early babies is making me nervous - I’m not fully prepared personally, nor is work fully transitioned yet.