I've been debating posting this because I can't ever anticipate the kinds of replies people will give and sometimes they're not all that nice. 
So basically I just want to know what YOU would do and not have it directed at me, please! (sorry if I sound WAY too defensive in this post, it's just sometimes posting scares me after replies I've seen or recieved in the past! And no one wants to deal with such things when pregnant, right? 
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If you had felt you were going to go earlier than your "EDD" (which I don't put much stock in, anyway), and then you had an ultrasound that sort of matched up with your feelings (even though I KNOW ultrasounds are often very inaccurate in late pregnancy and can be off by a good 2 weeks in either direction), would you feel more comfortable UC'ing earlier- say around 35-36 weeks (based on your initial "EDD") than you would if you hadn't been feeling you would go early AND see that the baby might possibly match up with that?
Does that make sense? Here's why I'm wondering...(and again, please don't make this about my personal situation as I'm not basing any decisions off of message board replies anyway, really just curious as to what others would do) This is my first pregnancy where the whole time I've kinda felt like I might go early (I've never gone before 40 weeks...my girls were right at/after)...my "initial" EDD was based on my 13/14 week u/s (I was charting but needed a break so I didn't pinpoint my O date). But I had nothing to back up my "early" feelings so part of me wondered if it was wishful thinking. Then I had my "pre-birth" u/s a couple of days ago (DH's and my compromise for our UC's) and prior to it I kept feeling like it was going to answer some of my questions...well, sure enough it showed the baby measuring 2 weeks ahead. Now, again, let me make it clear that I already KNOW that u/s's, especially later in pregnancy, are usually pretty inaccurate and that measurements can be quite off, and therefore can't often be relied on. And normally I wouldn't give these measurements a second thought. However, the fact that they line up with what I was thinking about feeling like I might go earlier (which I've never felt like with my other babies), AND that I've never measured ahead (on the u/s) with my other babies (though I did with fundal measurements), it got me to wondering. Because say, if the measurements ARE somewhat accurate and the baby IS really a couple weeks ahead of my initial "EDD", what if I went into labor at "my" 35 weeks (which I am not sure I'd feel comfortable having a UC at 35 weeks), but it was really the baby's 37 weeks (because I WOULD be comfortable UC'ing at 37 weeks). See what I'm saying? Again, I'm not basing anything entirely off of this u/s, and wouldn't base ANYTHING off of it had if it was just random measurements and I had no feelings to back it up, but I'm just trying to sort through all the possibilities and "what if's" right now (hey, I've got the time to do it ).
Overall I'm just praying that the baby will come at just the right time and that s/he will be healthy and our delivery will be smooth and uncomplicated. My UC's are a walk of faith for me and I truly believe that God will lead me to seek medical assistance if needed, and that when I put my trust in Him he will give me a peace and comfort about everything, regardless of the outcome.
I'm just excited to give birth. 
So basically I just want to know what YOU would do and not have it directed at me, please! (sorry if I sound WAY too defensive in this post, it's just sometimes posting scares me after replies I've seen or recieved in the past! And no one wants to deal with such things when pregnant, right? )If you had felt you were going to go earlier than your "EDD" (which I don't put much stock in, anyway), and then you had an ultrasound that sort of matched up with your feelings (even though I KNOW ultrasounds are often very inaccurate in late pregnancy and can be off by a good 2 weeks in either direction), would you feel more comfortable UC'ing earlier- say around 35-36 weeks (based on your initial "EDD") than you would if you hadn't been feeling you would go early AND see that the baby might possibly match up with that?
Does that make sense? Here's why I'm wondering...(and again, please don't make this about my personal situation as I'm not basing any decisions off of message board replies anyway, really just curious as to what others would do) This is my first pregnancy where the whole time I've kinda felt like I might go early (I've never gone before 40 weeks...my girls were right at/after)...my "initial" EDD was based on my 13/14 week u/s (I was charting but needed a break so I didn't pinpoint my O date). But I had nothing to back up my "early" feelings so part of me wondered if it was wishful thinking. Then I had my "pre-birth" u/s a couple of days ago (DH's and my compromise for our UC's) and prior to it I kept feeling like it was going to answer some of my questions...well, sure enough it showed the baby measuring 2 weeks ahead. Now, again, let me make it clear that I already KNOW that u/s's, especially later in pregnancy, are usually pretty inaccurate and that measurements can be quite off, and therefore can't often be relied on. And normally I wouldn't give these measurements a second thought. However, the fact that they line up with what I was thinking about feeling like I might go earlier (which I've never felt like with my other babies), AND that I've never measured ahead (on the u/s) with my other babies (though I did with fundal measurements), it got me to wondering. Because say, if the measurements ARE somewhat accurate and the baby IS really a couple weeks ahead of my initial "EDD", what if I went into labor at "my" 35 weeks (which I am not sure I'd feel comfortable having a UC at 35 weeks), but it was really the baby's 37 weeks (because I WOULD be comfortable UC'ing at 37 weeks). See what I'm saying? Again, I'm not basing anything entirely off of this u/s, and wouldn't base ANYTHING off of it had if it was just random measurements and I had no feelings to back it up, but I'm just trying to sort through all the possibilities and "what if's" right now (hey, I've got the time to do it
).Overall I'm just praying that the baby will come at just the right time and that s/he will be healthy and our delivery will be smooth and uncomplicated. My UC's are a walk of faith for me and I truly believe that God will lead me to seek medical assistance if needed, and that when I put my trust in Him he will give me a peace and comfort about everything, regardless of the outcome.
I'm just excited to give birth. 
