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46 weeks pregnant?!?!
So my MIL claims my husband was due thanksgiving and he was born 12-31. I'm highly skeptical about this. She also claims to have been in labor the whole 6 weeks she was overdue. I don't think any credible doctor would let someone go that far past their due date. Thoughts?
My mil told me that with all 3 her kids ( my hubby included) that she lost her fluids weeks before delivery....and the kids turned out fine. So if my water breaks not too worry! Labour will start much later and babies will be fine. This is the same woman who has never had an internal exam in her life and is extremely proud of this fact. The stories and advice she gave me is absolutely mind boggeling when i was pregnant with my first. I thinkit is a mil thing...my mom has made a point of not saying much and if i ask for advice she often says that it was so long ago she has forgotten
i asked my mom today he was 7 days over and the reason that happen he ate or drank is bowl movement and ender up in his lungs which cause him to not breath and that y he was there not because he was over due i guess he spent three weeks there
My mom says my sis was a month late back in the day they did not induce as easily as they do now they ended up doing a c section exactly a month after her due date
If she is right, my guess is they gave her the wrong due date. Technology is way more advanced now than it was however many years ago.
But I think she's probably remembering wrong.
But I think she's probably remembering wrong.
I spoke to my mum about this today as i was told my great grandmother was pregnant for 11months and the baby was basically killed to get it out..:( my nan is 84 so this must have been in the 1930s but id like to ask my nan about what happened..she was a midwife too and would have known if babies were allowed or able to go that far over in those days..
She might wants to seeing important. Poor lady if you can't deal with her just stay from her don't let her get into your nerves it's not worth it. God bless you mami .
My mil said that she delivered my husband less than twenty-four weeks gestation. She said she had him in a bathroom floor in a house a good twenty to thirty minutes away from the hospital. She said they called the ambulance and they took him to the hospital and he was only in the hospital a month or two. Keep in mind my husband was born thirty years ago. My husband is gullible and insists that he was born before twenty-four weeks and all.
The reason I don't believe her is medical treatment has come along way and a baby born before twenty-four weeks would be very lucky to make it if born in a hospital. She said she had him away from the hospital where he would not have medical attention right Away and would of had to wait forty five minutes to an he to get the needed care for a baby that early. The true facts of the story were she was on drugs and had her baby slightly early with breathing problems and was high when she went into labor and did not realize she was having him till she was pushing him out.
The reason I don't believe her is medical treatment has come along way and a baby born before twenty-four weeks would be very lucky to make it if born in a hospital. She said she had him away from the hospital where he would not have medical attention right Away and would of had to wait forty five minutes to an he to get the needed care for a baby that early. The true facts of the story were she was on drugs and had her baby slightly early with breathing problems and was high when she went into labor and did not realize she was having him till she was pushing him out.
I doubt she went that far over. That would be a little extreme. Up to a month over maybe but a month and a half I really doubt it, and he was only eight pounds not likely. My mil is full of sh.it also I did not believe anything she says, I would just say yea right and not bother to speak further on the topic. I had to go as far as to tell mine I did not want to hear about a topic again. She was horrible on advise on pregnancy, birth and parenting but continued to try and force her advise on me. I would have told her to prove it or stop telling me, that is just me though. Good luck on dealing with her and don't let her stress you out.
That's incredibly uncommon TinaRosa - most babies who are full term or even a little post term are perfectly healthy - NICU stays are far far more common for babies who are born too early. I'm sorry your mama had to go through that - but the fact is that a baby who's late isn't going to be unhealthy just because they're late. I was born ten days late and came home from the hospital the day after I was born. I know a little girl born last summer at 43w2d and she's been healthy as can be since the moment she arrived. Anecdotes aren't the same as data!
My mom went pasted her due date but by days and my little brother almost died because of it he wasn't breathing or crying wen he was born we had to leave him in the hospital for almost a month after he was born and that was just by a fue days going over i really doubt that they went 6 weeks over if she did i agree with everyone saying the due date was probably wrong
Glad to know I'm not the only one with a slightly crazy MIL lol
Makes me somewhat happy that my MIL is in Puerto Rico & can barely communicate with me cuz of our language barrier!
We can't talk about what "doctors do" like they're a hive mind and every single one of them follows the exact same protocol for every single patient and absolutely nothing outside of that imaginary protocol has ever happened ever. Due dates are estimates and they can be wrong. Also, healthy pregnancies can go well post-term and remain perfectly healthy. Doctors don't all feel the need to interfere with natural processes, many of them in fact are aware that pregnancy isn't an illness that needs curing. Memories can be mistaken, long-repeated exaggerations can easily be mistaken for truth. There are about a dozen good reasons not to pick a fight over this story that your MIL obviously has a strong connection to, whether it's completely exactly accurate or not. Let her have her reminiscing - you can't stop it anyway. It doesn't have any effect on your pregnancy.
She could be telling the truth. My husband was 6 weeks overdue. My mother-in-law's doctor went on vacation. She was seen while he was gone, but no one induced her. When her doctor came back in town he was shocked to see her still pregnant and induced her that week.
Idk why you say they were more then. It seems like 4 out of the 5 pregnant women I have known to be due within the last 2 months were induced lol. It's what the Dr told her with me. Idk but I don't think my mom would lie to me lol
MIL's love to exaggerate.
Ha no way... it drives me crazy when people think the due date is an exact science but this is the other side of the pendulem. She probably did go later and had her due date wrong. But not 6 weeks. My mom and mil say bat **** crazy stuff too when it comes to being pregnant and parenting. Never just one upping it's like ten upping
Sophia, no. Doctors used to induce more than they do now. It used to be something routine, when you were 38 or 39 weeks.
I'm not sure why your mom thinks she went a month past her due date with nothing being done.
I'm not sure why your mom thinks she went a month past her due date with nothing being done.
I know..I just don't like being around her when I'm pregnant. Lol hormones
Ya no way to prove her wrong and she's convinced she's right - I'd just smile and nod ;)
My mom was due with me mid April and I was born mid may. Dr's now after much more induce happy
That's funny
I don't say anything to her about it but it's annoying when she uses that to make it sound like she's the queen of pregnancy or something.
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