At what point were you born?

[Élistariel]

Meaning, were you normal, and born at 9 months, early, late? I'm just curious, and what "side-effects" if you will, are there to being born late or early, if you know them.

I was born at 7 1/2 months. I was a little over 4 pounds, headfull of jet black hair, hardly any nails, other than that I was fine. I have no medical problems now either.

[MetalliKat05]

As far as I know, I was born exactly 2 weeks late... I don't know any other details, but physically I'm sound. (A little out of shape, that's all... :rolleyes: ) :)

[boerbabe]

I was born on time, with black hair, but then it all fell out and I was blad for a year, and it came back fluffy blonde..lol.
The dark brown in my avatar image is nearly my natural color now.

[Élistariel]

I was born with jet black hair, blue eyes, and dark skin. My paternal aunt wondered if the milkman brought me, and on my mother's side... funny story. My grandmother brought me with her to her work one day to show me off, she works for a phillipino man (asian), and everyone thought I was one of his kids. :T Now I have medium/dark brown hair (naturally), green-brown hazel eyes, and ivory makeup pale skin with a few freckles. My best friend, Eirwen Hartsock, who knows my "darned near everything" heritage, said I looked a bit Italian. Also, one classmate during some discussion asked me out of curiosity, what my ethnicity was, and she thought I was Italian. ( I do have some in me)
I have a scottish last name to boot (the Italian thing)
:lol:

[boerbabe]

I was born with jet black hair, blue eyes, and dark skin. My paternal aunt wondered if the milkman brought me, and on my mother's side... funny story. My grandmother brought me with her to her work one day to show me off, she works for a phillipino man (asian), and everyone thought I was one of his kids. :T Now I have medium/dark brown hair (naturally), green-brown hazel eyes, and ivory makeup pale skin with a few freckles. My best friend, Eirwen Hartsock, who knows my "darned near everything" heritage, said I looked a bit Italian. Also, one classmate during some discussion asked me out of curiosity, what my ethnicity was, and she thought I was Italian. ( I do have some in me)
I have a scottish last name to boot (the Italian thing)
:lol:
That's funny! When I was a baby, my Grandma used to take me everywhere, and people thought I was her baby (she looks very young).
But to add to it, when she was dating my Grandpa, his family wanted nothing to do with her because she was Mexican.. which she is not. She's just brown with dark hair and eyes.
Around the time I was 18 or so, people starting asking me if I were part Mexican, and the answer's still no...lol. This was only bad when I worked in auto parts and non-English speaking customers would demand to speak to me, sure I spoke Spanish... hehe
Yeah, about 50 words!

[9-2-2]

I was born at 9 1/2 months, with a hole in my lung, internal bleeding, swollen brain, and weighing 11 lbs. To this day, no one, not even the doctors, could figure out how I could've survived under the slim chances I was given. T_T;

I also had naturally blue hair. It was raven-blue, but there was enough blue to make it almost look like midnight blue. :D :D :D

As for all the bad conditions, here is where I stand now: I am very dextrous. I can run across a slick, wet floor, and not lose balance. The worst disease I've ever had was the flu. I'm flexible, and after years of training in magick, I have almost totally eradicated my asthma (gained from having fluids in my lung at birth)! I practice karate, walk around outside barefoot, I've gotten in fistfights, and never in my life have I broken a bone. :)

It took years of inner work, but I'm pretty much normal. :)

[Élistariel]

blue hair? Okay, now I'm jealous. The man my grandmother worked for, his oldest, her hair was so black it appeared blue at times.
Phooey, why couldn't I have had the hair color I was born with now?

[Semele]

Just thought I would throw in a little tidbit of info here. the normal pregnancy is actually ten months or 40 weeks, not nine months like is so commonly thought. Well, anywhere between 38-40 weeks is term. I am not sure where the whol nine months thing came from unless it is because you are usually a month along at least before you find out and then you have nine months to go from there. *shrug*

Anyway I was full term and 7 lbs even.

[Paige]

I was one week late, and yes I have a 'physical' problem, but you wouldn't know unless I told you.

[DayDreamer]

I was 7lbs 11 oz at birth. I have no idea as to whether I was "on time" or late or whatever. My mother miscarried a pregnancy, and then got pregnant with me without having a period in between. So... they knew I would probably be born in October, but had no idea WHEN in October. I was born the 19th.

No physical problems... I was born with bright red hair, which rubbed off after a few weeks and grew in blonde (and still is).

[banondraig]

full term, 7lb, 3oz. i would have been exactly on my due date but the gave my mom something to slow the birth process. i'm realtively normal anyway, brring a touch (only a touch) of scoliosis.

i was born with dark hair which rubbed off, grew back blonde after a long time, and now it is dark brown again. my natural color looks sorta red in some lights and conditions, and black in others.

[Ben Trismegistus]

I was born two weeks late, had to be yanked out with foreceps.

No hair, hole in my heart, collapsed blood vessel between heart and lung, and some other pulmonary problem (i forget what). The doctors took me away from my mother immediately, and nobody told her what was going on for hours. The first she heard anything was her OB coming in to say, "It'll be ok. This hospital has some of the best pediatric heart surgeons in the country." To which my mother responded, "WHAT?!"

Long story short, I didn't have to have surgery - two of the problems cleared up on their own, although I still have the hole in my heart.

Joey (my boy) was born 5 days early, practically perfect in every way.

[Eowyn]

I was born 10 WEEKS before I was sopose to. I was one kilo (like a milk package) and I was like a hand of a groun up man

[Old Witch]

I was born on time........but I was short even then....They said I would fit in a mans shoebox.....shoe boxes were probably larger 52 years ago tho.....and I weighed 6 lbs 61/2 ozs.....they said I was chubby even then....I didn't grow all that much....I'm only 4' 11 now!

[Rina]

3 weeks and three days early. I was pretty much normal size, apart from my oversized head. I wasn't ill, its just a feature that means I can never find hats to fit!
I also had hiccoughs in the womb, and have had a real weakeness towards them ever since.

[Pesha]

I was born full term and am told I was 5 pounds 10 oz. But quite long. Now I am a big girl. I look at my son and wonder how one so small gotr so big....lol.


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[boerbabe]

3 weeks and three days early. I was pretty much normal size, apart from my oversized head. I wasn't ill, its just a feature that means I can never find hats to fit!
I also had hiccoughs in the womb, and have had a real weakeness towards them ever since.

hehe Forgot to mention that..lol. My head was kind of big, so they had to cut my mom a bit (forgot the term) to let me pop out.
My ehad's still kind of big..lol.

[Bainidhe Dub]

Me, I'm perpetually late. My mom was given a due date of Dec. 23rd, then finally Dec. 31st. I wasn't born until Jan. 7th. 7 lbs and some odd ounces, 21 inches long., with blond hair (turned brown/red when I was about 7).

My youngest brother though was a shock all around. My dad had "the old snip" (to quote him) done after my first brother was born, so for mom to show up pregnant again in the first place was like "Whoa! Wait a minute!". The doctors told her she would have a girl, and then they "discovered" two heartbeats, and told her TWINS (girls still). Corey was born 8lbs 10oz, 23 inches long and most definitely a boy.

[Flaire-FireStar]

I was born a bit late, only because I DIDN"T WANT TO COME OUT! :lol:

They had to do a c-section with me, because Ma just wouldn't go into labour. 8O

[IndigoMoon]

I was born 2 weeks early. I've never had any health problems. My son was five weeks early. He is also free from any medical issues. My daughter was born two weeks early and she hardly ever gets sick. We're all pretty lucky!

[Amethyst Rose]

I was born two weeks early, and i was 6lbs 4oz and I was perfectly normal. :)

[lightfairy]

born two weeks early with no problems, my little sister however born 11 weeks early and spent three months in baby ICU, liver problems, and weighed 2lb 5oz born by c section because mum hemmoraged. mum had to have a whole body of blood transfusion, both are fine now my sis will be 16 on jan 24th

[MzNeko]

I was born two weeks late, in August, in 90F weather... a fact which my mother still brings up now and then. :p I was 9 lbs., and had a full head of thick dark hair.

I maintain that I was two weeks late so I could be a Virgo... two Leos in the same house with my Scorpio Dad would have been a Very Bad Thing. :D

[Casanite]

I was born like weeks days early and weighed 5 pounds 11 ounces. I was tiny compared to any other babies. I was in an incubater because when i was born i had my embilical cord wrapped around my neck and such. I was blue....for the first day of my life. Not a happy time. But other then that i have no medical problem, cept one of my kidneys is smaller then the other, no side effects though. Apperently that makes me stubborn....PHH

[FaerieGothMommy]

Just thought I would throw in a little tidbit of info here. the normal pregnancy is actually ten months or 40 weeks, not nine months like is so commonly thought. Well, anywhere between 38-40 weeks is term. I am not sure where the whol nine months thing came from unless it is because you are usually a month along at least before you find out and then you have nine months to go from there. *shrug*

Anyway I was full term and 7 lbs even.

Yeh! when i was pregnant, i was like well 40 weeks is 10 months, so how can it be 9 months! i think it's all about how many days there are in each month, and on average babies are born at 9 months.. maybe i'm totally wrong, but oh well :lol:

I think i was born a couple of days after my due date, no complications, nothing!!! I weighed 7lb 9oz... and i didn't cry! i just stared at EVERYONE with huge eyes! My mom doesn't believe that babies can't see properly when they are born, because when i was born i watched every single movement someone made!

[Imbrium]

My mother was skydiving when I was born, and I was born mid air!..

OH, wait, I exaggerated a bit. I was born a little over nine months in a little hospital with red hair and hazel eyes that didn't change. No health problems that I know of....yawn...

I liked my first story better.

[spandie]

Well i was born 6 weeks and 6 days early and quite scary my younger brother was also born 6 weeks and 6 days early! don't really have any side-effects (well i don't think) i was just over 3lbs when i entered the world....

[Storm Moon]

I was born around 3 weeks early. From what I remember my late mother telling me, I was perfectly normal. I was born with red hair and blue eyes, nothing's changed. Can't remember weight though.

[Dextra]

I was born about 3 weeks early, with a stillborn twin. We were both small (I was 3 lbs, 2 oz, my twin was 2 lbs, 3 oz), and I was in the hospital for about a month before I could go home just because of my small size and underdeveloped lungs. 4 years ago (on Sunday), I had twins of my own, after a long and complicated pregnancy. They were a month early, and were perfectly healthy, at 5 lbs, 11 oz, and 5 lbs, 5 oz (that's 11 pounds of baby!). They were due on December 28th, but November 23rd was a full moon that year, and well, I guess they just got too excited! :p As for my twin, she's always been....with me. I'll just leave it at that. ;)

[Autumn]

I was 3 weeks late according to my Mom, but it was 1966, and I was something of a surprise so she could have goofed up her dates, that or my nonfunctional thyroid messed things up...

Now I am ok, but they did not diagnose the hypothyroidism till I was 6-8 weeks old and not thriving. The delay did damage and I cringe when I here people talking about skipping the PKU tests (it's more than for PKU...)**shivers, knowing it could have been way worse**

[Sylvan]

Tis is general "me-as-baby" stuff and may or may not be associated with how late I was...

I was supposed to have been born July 22nd. I was born August 15th. Quite a bit late, in the middle of a thunderstorm. ;) The doctors "lost" my heartbeat at one point, and when I was 16 this came up again as a premature heartbeat problem- really, not a problem, just a bit of a quickening at times that left me a little out of breath.

I want to say 5 or 6 pounds, not too small or too large...

My left foot was angled wrong and my parents had to massage it over into place over time. These days I have problems with both feet, but nothing I can contribute to that.

I also had hip dysplasia, and Mom (being the granola-girl she was) opted for the pile-6-diapers-on-her method instead of metal leg braces, which she felt might have slowed me down from learning to walk. A few times a year, now, my right hip bothers me, and I get a bit of sciatic pain.

I was also yanked out using foreceps, which my chiropractor says may have an effect on my back and posture even now...

[Regulus]

I was born two weeks late far as I know. No sided effects.

[RubyRose]

I was born 3 months premature on August 2 (I came out of the hospital on November 2), I suffered a brain hemerrage (once or twice) after I was born. I now have only 20% vision in my left eye and wear glasses (obviously, but contacts are no good for me)

I have mild cerebal palsy, and when I was younger, I was in leg braces, casts and later (at 8) had an operation the lengthen the tendon, in my left foot, because I walked on my toes.

If you were to pass me in the street, you'd probably notice a girl with a slight limp. But other than problems with Maths, I'm pretty much normal ...

I was born weighing 830 grams ... (sorry for the american's out there, I don't know the translation into pounds. I believe it could be around 1 and a half pounds ... if that)

I walked at the old age of two ... when doctors said I'd never walk.

[serenarian]

I was born a month premature, breech. And I was born without any problems, pretty much, which is surprising. I'm awkward now, but then again since I was born breech, I've noticed myself doing everything backwards. Is that normal?? :D

[RubyRose]

I wouldn't really know ...

[Jeleia]

I was born late... and my mom always says "you were born late and you've never caught up"

[cloud]

i was born one month premature, just in time to ruin my mothers christmas. heh. no problems.. except that i weighed absolutely nothing. yuhhh. i couldnt' wait to bust out of there..

edited to add nothing. i included a quote on accident.

[ajna]

I was born on the Ohio State University campus on April 27, 1985. I was born early, though whether it was a month or two months I do not know. My heart failed as I was being naturally born so I ended up as a cesarian baby. I don't know when I died or how long I was gone for, but I was a dead baby or fetus at one time (my head was just so big I kept pushing and spent all my energy trying to get out that my heart gave up).
I was born with red hair and brown/gold eyes. Nothing has changed, my hair color went through its phases but it ended up, more or less, the same color as it was when I was born.
I would rub my baby hair off and pull other kids hair and put it on my head...
Could be a precursor to my love for dying my hair?

[Sagittarius]

I was born at 15.47pm on the 12/12/1973. I was 5 weeks premature and weighed in at 6lbs and 10 oz.

I've been something of a handful since ;)

[spitfire08]

As far as i know i was born right on time 2/8/1968 no problems that my mother has told me about. My hair was so red that my grandfather called me Rusty from the moment he saw me til the day he passed on. I believe i weighed around 7lbs when born but that was ages ago and i really cant remember..lol
Today my hair is still red and eyes are brown and well Im a bit strange but that is from being a product of the 60's lol

[treefae]

i was born 3 days late 6:11 a.m. 7lb 4 oz 21 in.no problems my daughter Lily 3 days late 11:18 pm 7 lb 10 oz 19 in. no problems her specialist will debate that the naval hospital should have found her hip dysplasia way sooner than at 4 months though.it was completely dislocated by then. my daughter Mia 4 days early 11:06 pm 8 lb 11 oz 21 in. no problems

[DragonDawn]

October 29, 1981 Agana, Guam

I was born 3 days early by C-section. No problems they just didn't want mom to have problems with the labor. After my sister was born they had told her she wouldn't get pregnant again. Oops! :foopsies:

[Mysticism Deity]

I was born on time. Doctors told my mom the due date was November 21st and they were right! :)

I was born with a full head of hair, dark brown......my dad said it was like I just got out of a beauty saloon. My hair was long as well and it never fell out. blue eyes.


My twin boys were born 2 months early and they came out with a full head of hair, light brown. I didnt expect that from 3 lbs babies! their hair also never fell out. they also have blue eyes.

[FaerieGothMommy]

I was due March 2nd, i was born March 1st and weighed about 7lb 8oz.

[Aidron]

I'm not really sure if I was born early, late, or pretty much on-time, but I do know I was born with a ton of problems. I'll ask my mother about the time when she wakes.

I was born deaf and remained completely deaf .

I was born with one or three (I can't remember now) holes in my heart.

Up until I was around ten or so I had extremely violent seizures, and chocolate would send me into a fit. I'm in fact responsible for ruining one of my mother's eyes. I'm also responsible for ripping an earring of her's out.

The doctors told my mother if she did not abort me I would most assuredly be born as a down syndrome child. Her response: "So?"

There was probably a good deal of other things, but I do not know what they were. All of the problems have passed with time. I eat chocolate nonstop and haven't had a seizure in over a decade that I know of, my hearing is 25% better than the average person thanks to surgery performed on me on my first birthday, the holes in my heart have completely closed up, and supposedly my I.Q. is in the genius range. So, as bad as it may look things can turn around for the better obviously.

[Spiritcalf]

I was born on Lammas (aug 1st) 6 weeks early from when I was suppose to be born. I was a little cute premature baby. They kept me under these warming light things, and mom swears that I was the only baby shes ever see with a tan. Now I am just white/red no tan ever.

[samiaminsane]

I was born 2 weeks early, my sister born 2 weeks late. I was at 12:10 and she was at 10:12.....We're 4 years apart, and worlds apart in differences. We are both healty now, but as a toddler, my sister had to wear leg braces.

[banondraig]

full term, 7 pounds, 3 ounces. i had some kind of fetal bile or something in my lungs, but was otherwise fine. my hair all fell out when i was a few months old, and grew back blond. it's medium to dark brown now. i had no teeth whatsoever until i was 13 months old. later i had to have some painful orthodontic procedures done because my jaw was not big enough to hold all my teeth. i still have a baby tooth somewhere because there was no adult tooth to replace it.

i have a little bit of scoliosis, but not that bad. the army didn't notice it when i was coming in, anyway. one of my legs is just slightly longer than the other one, and that hip gives me problems on very long runs, but otherwise i am fine. i've never been sicker than having to have my tonsils out when i was 6 or 7, and "saddam's revenge" when i was in iraq. that's somewhat nasty stuff, but after being rushed to the clinic and having four different people struggle to find a vein to stick an iv in, the next day i was fine. i was surprised by the vein issue because my skin is very pale and the veins are actually visible, but apparently the visible ones were no good. :rolleyes:

[Black RiverWolf]

i was 10 days late 9lbs 8oz had to pulled out with the big tweezers. Was born with red hair and blue eyes. i now have Brown hair and grey eyes. tho only thing that is wrong with me is the upper part of my right ear is fused to the rest of my ear. and that i ruined a good turke dinner for my mom. my little brothe was really early dont remember how early. was the worst christmas present i ever got (just kidding i love my big little brother) he was born christmas day 8Lbs and 6oz i think and he had blond hair blue eyes. now he has brown hair and hazel eyes and is like 6' 3 im only like 5' 6 at that. great im a big little sister as he calls me.

i have a friend of mine that was born exactly two months and two hours before me and at the same hospital. she was 8/26/81 im 10/26/81 we always thought that it was kinda cool

[frigga]

I was born on time, 39 weeks. But I'd like to put in for my boys. Both were over 10 lbs and have the exact same birthmarks! They're what they call raspberries and they fade a little with time, but I find they redden up when they get mad :crazy: ! They both have them on their forehead, where the third eye would be, and on the base on their neck, right where your skull ends and your neck starts. Has anyone ever heard of that before? I thinks it's strange that they should both have the same ones at the same spots.

They're faint here, but look between their eyes and you'll see.

[LadyTrinity]

I was born late according to my mother.. I came out purple too.
I think it runs in the family.. we all carry past term. My son was 1 week late as well. :whatgives

[treefae]

I was born on time, 39 weeks. But I'd like to put in for my boys. Both were over 10 lbs and have the exact same birthmarks! They're what they call raspberries and they fade a little with time, but I find they redden up when they get mad :crazy: ! They both have them on their forehead, where the third eye would be, and on the base on their neck, right where your skull ends and your neck starts. Has anyone ever heard of that before? I thinks it's strange that they should both have the same ones at the same spots.

They're faint here, but look between their eyes and you'll see.
yes my daughter has them on the back of her head too they are called stork bites and hers have been fading she'll be three

[Llewyth]

I was born on time, 39 weeks. But I'd like to put in for my boys. Both were over 10 lbs and have the exact same birthmarks! They're what they call raspberries and they fade a little with time, but I find they redden up when they get mad :crazy: ! They both have them on their forehead, where the third eye would be, and on the base on their neck, right where your skull ends and your neck starts. Has anyone ever heard of that before? I thinks it's strange that they should both have the same ones at the same spots.

They're faint here, but look between their eyes and you'll see.

The mark is your logo, your mark of commerce!
:D

[Llewyth]

I was born 2 and a half weeks late and was probably the fattest newborn anyone ever saw. I was only 18 inches long but I weighed 8 lbs 3oz! The docs told my mom I probably would never grow much over 5 feet but now I'm 5' 7"! Alright, I'm still shorter than my little sister by 3 inches, but at least I didn't stay tiny! Now aside from some hayfever, I'm actually very healthy.

[frigga]

The mark is your logo, your mark of commerce!
:D
My swoosh!! :crylaugh:

[Convallaria]

Another Purple baby right here!

I came out a week late, feet first, and I had taken a bowel movement in the womb because I was late. They told my parents to plan the funeral. But, TADA! I live!

[moonchild]

i'm not sure if i was early or late...i think i was early tho since the known story is that mom went in for a dr's appointment on a friday, he made her stay and i was born Sat 3:10 am....
i was 7 lbs some odd ounces with no known problems....

my hubby was born 2 weeks late and 10 lbs....his mom is 5'3'' and just over 100 lbs!!!!! all three of the kids were 10 lbs.....

[Flar's Freyja]

I think I was right on time, or I was due the 13th and was born the second.

Wow, I was early for once in my life! :broomride

[Angelus_Errare]

i was a week late and looked mexican i do has some spanish blood in me but now I am pale and red haired (really blond is my natural color) I don't have any physical problems and i weighed 8 pounds exactly, hehe and my hospital pic is me with a crabby face and my fists up in the air like i was ready to fight! COME ON WORLD!!! HERE I COME!!! haha

[Galaxia]

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