How Many Weeks Did You Deliver 2Nd Child

First at 36 wks 6 days
Second at 38 wks 1 day after having the doctor "sweep the membranes" at 38 wks. I had dealt with 12 wks of contractions, baby at -2 station for a month and dilated to 4 cm for 3 wks. I also assumed, as did the doctor, that #2 was coming earlier than #1. Boy were we wrong!

I had my first 2 days after his due date. My second was on his due date (doctor said he thought he'd come early, he was wrong!). My 3rd and 4th were both born at 42weeks after an induction. My 5th was born on his due date. We'll see with #6.

It's hard at the end isn't it? My first one was two weeks late--I started labor on the day I was scheduled to be induced ; ) My second one came the day before her due date. We weren't ready. I assumed I had at least another week. So don't know that it helps. Keep breathing, you really are almost there.

No way to know. My first was at 41 1/2 weeks (yikes, I was going out of my mind!) and second one surprised me with a pleasant 39 1/2 weeks. I've had friends go shorter with their first, longer with the second and vice versa. No way at all to predict, unfortunately.

My first was at 38 weeks, 6 days. (although, the doc thought he may have been late.
My second was 39 weeks, 4 days.
My third was 39 weeks, 3 days.
My fourth......still waiting, 36 weeks now.

My neighbor just delivered her first baby at 40 weeks, 5 days. lol

I definitely think I was an anamoly, but I had both of my children on their due dates. They were both 20 inches long and weighed 6 lbs 9 oz. It was really kind of creepy at the time. Now 2.5 years later, my first child is on the smaller side and my second child is almost off the growth chart. Go figure.

With my 1st baby I was 10 days early. My 2nd baby was 2 weeks early. Just hang in there! :)

I was a week early with my first. I made the assumption that I would do the same with my second. We scheduled an induction for my second 3 days before my due date for planning reasons only. I didn't really want to be induced but I never thought I would actually get to that point. I thought for sure I would go naturally before then. Well, I ended up being induced! So, I don't really know when my second would have decided to come on her own.

My first - 39 weeks
My second - 39 weeks 5 days

Hi -- I was 12 days past due with my first and a full 14 days past due with my second.

Try to be patient :-) Your little one will be here before you know it!

I delivered #1 at 37 weeks. She was an easy 6 pounds. When I hit 38.5 weeks with #2, I chose to have an elective induction because I was nervous that she was getting too big and I would end up with a c-section (there was no reason for this thinking; my doctor just said -"oh, I'm on call on such and such, let's have the baby that day"). While the induction went smoothly and I had a healthy baby, I wish that I didn't induce (I read up on how babies prepare themselves naturally for birth within a couple days of being born). And I have always wondered what her real birthday would've been.

#3 came three days before his due date at over 8 pounds in a 1.25 hour labor and delivery. While it was fast and uncontrolled and I tore some, letting him come on his own time was worth it.

Now that I am preggo with #4, I am going to wait just like I did with #3.
Good luck; I hope all goes smoothly for you!

Both of mine were early. My first was born as 36 weeks and 1 day. My second was born at 36 weeks and 5 days. Both were healthy and perfect, that is all that matters. :)

I had all 4 of my kids in the 39th week (one coming just an hour before his due date). Went into labor naturally with all of them.

My first was 10 days early, the second was 3 days early, and the third was a scheduled c-section a week early. I don't think you can tell!

I delivered my first child 100% naturally at 38 weeks 1 day, 13 days before my due date.
My second baby I felt like you. At 39 weeks no signs of progress! I was induced due to my water breaking and still no labor. I was still able to deliver vaginally, 3 days before my due date.

Good luck and congratulations!

My first was born at 38 wks and 3 days my second was born at 40 wks and 1 day, no induction meds for either but they were scheduled.

My son came 3 days after his due date, to my request to be induced. good luck

I delivered my first one at 38 weeks, 3 days. My second was born nine weeks ago and he was born the day before my due date. Both came naturally, I was not induced with either. I know exactly how you're feeling, I thought for sure that my second one would be here at least by 38 weeks. Those last days seem to take forever, but time flies once you have two! Good luck and enjoy!

My first was induced and had her 7 days before my ESTIMATED (emphasis on estimated here, the 'due date' is just a guess) due date and my second was 4 days before and I went natural. First was 9lb 2oz second was 9lb 11oz.
Just a heads up, 2 weeks either side of the due date the dr.s give you is considered normal and the average pregnancy length (w/out induction) is actually 41 weeks. Good luck and God bless.

My first baby was a week late, the second was overdue by a couple of days and I just had #3 (2 weeks ago) and she surprised all of us by being 10 days early! I had planned to go late as usual and then we ended up at the hospital way ahead of when we expected to be there. Plan ahead in case that happens but also keep the far end of your due date in mind so that if you do go late it won't seem so long of a wait. Having #3 so early really caught us off guard and we barely had our stuff around. We had just set up the crib and purchased the bassinet, car seat 2 days earlier!

Congratulations on your new addition and big hugs to help you endure the last weeks of waiting (which are the hardest!)

first was at 36 weeks (thank goodness, he was 7 pounds)
second was right around 40 weeks
third i was induced at 38 weeks, I had extra amniotic fluid and she was flipping around so much they thought she'd get stuck and I would need a c-section, so we caught her head down and hoped for the best.
we will see with number 4 but I'm 30 weeks and have regular contractions every day, which I never did with the others, hoping I make it to 36 weeks, but because i am expecting to go early, with my luck I'll go to 40 plus and be miserable. :)

My first and second were induced at two weeks after due date. My third came 13 days late on her own. And my fourth and last was induced 5 days early because of my mom and her health. SO what I learned from them is that boys don't like to lead or leave the womb. My daughter was the only one that I did not have induced. Just hang in there. It will be over before you know it.

My second was induced 6 days before his due date because of PIH and my first also arrived 6 days before his due date but that was from my water breaking!

mine were 9 days late and then 3 days late. :)

Our first child (a beautiful daughter) was born 2 days early...under a full moon on a Friday the 13th... our second child (a beautiful baby boy...almost 10 years later!) was born 3 weeks early on Valentines Day! Good luck to you... whenever they arrive they are such a joy!!
S. Upper Arlington, Ohio

With my 1st baby, my water broke at home when I was 39 weeks, 2nd was an induction, 3rd baby my labor started at home at 37.5 weeks, 4th baby my water broke the day after my due date. You can't really ever tell if they'll be early or late. Just know that your baby will come right on time, even if it doesn't seem like it!

first 40 weeks 2nd 40 weeks both 2 days before due date

My first - 37 weeks, induced due to water sac leaking,
My second - 35 weeks, water bag ruptured, no labor started, induced again.
Both are fine, second even more than fine - he is great!

38 weeks on the dot, at my request.

Both my babies were "due" on the 5th of the month.
1st came on the 2nd, minutes past midnight.
2nd came on the 29th (of a 30 day month), 59 minutes past midnight.
Like the others said-hang in there-you don't want your baby to come before it's ready. :)

my water broke the day before my due date. She was delivered on her due date, 40 weeks exactly, just after midnight.

Had my first at 39 weeks (induced) and had my 2nd at 37 weeks (naturally). I was 3 cm dilated at my 36 week appt then baby came within 2.5 hours from the first contraction!

I had baby #1 at 38 weeks exactly (but she was induced due to low fluid)
I had baby #2 at 39 weeks exactly (spontaneous labor)

my 1st was 40weeks and 1 day (labor started 39 weeks and 6.5 days water brok and baby born <5hours)
my 2nd 39 weeks and 1 day ( labor 8 hours water broke and baby born 2 hours later)
my 3rd 37 weeks Labor (labor 9 hours water broke and 1 hour later baby born)

#1 39 Weeks
#2 40 Weeks
#3 38 Weeks

baby #1 born at 36 weeks
baby #2 born at 39 weeks
baby #2 due in 5 weeks (the last month or so sure does drag....sigh)

I had my first a week early, the second came on the actual due date. Labor time was cut in half (which is the norm).

I know the end is hard, but remember, every extra day inside is one less fussy day outside. Peek fussiness is from due date, not born date, so if baby comes early, you get extra weeks of peek fussiness (and more sleepless nights). It really is a good thing for baby to stay inside ;-)

My first was 2 weeks early and came pretty fast... SO of course I thought #2 would be early and fast... not the case.
She was on time, but still came out at a decent pace.
I wish I hadn't set myself up for thinking that the next baby would come out early. Made those 2 weeks pure hell :)
But in the end she did come- one day before planned induction. Sex helped that along lol
good luck

my first son came two days late, my doctor induced me and it turns out im allergic to the medication they gave me, so i had to have an emergency c-section. I am currently pregnant with my second one and have 5 weeks and 4 days left until my planned c-section, a week before my due date. my mom had three girls, my sister a week late, me a week early, and my little sister (11 yrs after me) came right on time. we didnt even have enough time to make it to her midwife about an hour away, we had to go to a local hospital instead.

I had my first at 41 weeks 0 days and my 2nd at 38 weeks plus one or two days. The idea that the 2nd comes earlier, comes from the statistical data that the average gestation for a first baby is 41 weeks, 1 day and the average gestation for a 2nd is 40 weeks, 3 days. However, this does not mean that if you had a first baby at something other than 41 weeks, one day that statistically you'll have the 2nd 8 days earlier. Statistically, the average 2nd baby is still 40 weeks, 3 days - but that's just an average and your baby will come when it's ready!