Did a full moon put you into labor? - Page 2

[porcelina]

No, I didn't, but two of my friends who were pregnant at the same time delivered in the hospital in DC when a mild hurricane was in the area. One was 36-37 weeks (don't know the gestation of the other). Apparently, the ward was full! I think the low barometric pressure has something to do with it.

[donutmolly]

With my 3rd DD, the full moon came near her EDD... and then it went, and she was finally born 2 weeks later. (After having given birth my first 2 DD's within days of their EDD). I wish the full moon would have given DD3 that extra push, but what finally worked was castor oil...

[hildare]

my water broke with the moon. however, the labor never really took off.
otoh, the l & d was totally FULL. the nurses were surprised at how full it was, a few even mentioned the full moon.

[Mountaingirl79]

Well, kinda. The full moon for my second child's birth was the day that I went into labor in the middle of the night. If that makes any sense. LOL
So he was born the day after the full moon.

[sanguine_speed]

Not this one at least . I'm 41+2 days now...

[nola79]

I voted yes for dd, but then again I was 40+1 which is the same amount of time I gestated with ds, who was not born on or near a full moon. So, that may just be my body and have not much to do with the moon.

[Belle]

Dd1 was born during the new moon. It had been over 100 for more than a week.

Dd2 was born during the first quarter. It rained buckets on the morning she was born.

[kitkatkaddoodle]

No, not the full moon nor the new moon. I'm an L&D nurse with 12 years under my belt in this field, and I have yet to see any data that shows any kind of correlation. Sure, there are full moon/new moon nights that are busy as hell, but plenty of them are routine or even slow, and we get slammed randomly through the month.

[SumnerRain]

I started labor with DD around the time of the new moon. My water broke 24 hours before the new moon and he was delivered 30 minutes before the new moon.

Will be interesting to see if this baby comes near a new moon, looks like I will be 38w3d for the first one (WAYYYY too early for my babies) or 41w1d, which is closer to when my babies finish cooking, but would be the latest of my four pregnancies to arrive.

[rype]

Both DSs were born two days before their EDDs. On both of their birthdays the the moon was at apogee. Interesting!

This guy is due on the full moon, so it'll be interesting to see what happens.