Snow. This might be of value: Spontaneous delivery is related to barometric pressure.

[Anonymous]

Since there is some snow expected in our area that is part of a large front carrying barometric pressure
change this might be something to keep in mind if you are near the delivery date. Most classes teach
this but many people still seem not to be aware of this so just sharing. In general it is nothing
to be scared about, it is just as they say, more babies is born during those period because
body responds in such a way. It is good to keep an eye on those things.

Spontaneous delivery is related to barometric pressure.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17004080

[Anonymous]

I’m 38+3 so between that and the full moon Friday...maybe we’ll meet this little guy soon

[Anonymous]

My water spontaneously broke at 33 weeks and the first doctor that saw me in delivery said "it could be the weather" when I asked why it could have happened (it had been heavily raining for a few days). My delivery nurse told me they always call in more nursing staff when there's a storm coming bc they always have a full delivery ward.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for posting this!

Historical fiction reference (book 2):

https://www.amazon.com/Calpurnia-Tate-2-Book-Series/dp/B014F71LII

[Anonymous]

Yep. That's why women who are close to their due dates have to sleep in the hospitals during a hurricane. They all go into labor.

[Anonymous]

Yup. My water broke at 35 weeks, just as a snow/ice storm hit. Thankfully it meant the roads were empty as we rushed, unprepared, to the hospital.

[Anonymous]

that's so interesting. I was induced on a day when there was a big change in the weather (from one of the hottest summer days nearing 100, to rainy in the 70s). I didn't even need pitocin - cervadil alone kickstarted labor. wonder if the barometric pressure drop helped at all! I just checked the historical weather report, and there was a rapid drop in temps, rain, and wind exactly when I recall contractions starting.

[Anonymous]

Fingers crossed! 39 weeks today.

[Anonymous]

Interesting. I had a friend who made it all the way through the blizzard in 2016 before delivering, though she was over 40 weeks. We were all nervous about her going into labor while the city was shut down getting 3 feet of snow. Nope!

So not entirely perfect

[Anonymous]

Spontaneous generation, however, is a falsehood. This post sounds like voodoo science to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Spontaneous generation, however, is a falsehood. This post sounds like voodoo science to me.

I don't know, maybe there is something to it. My water broke at 39w the night before the 2016 blizzard and, when we were in the hospital, quite a few of the nurses and OBs commented on the increase in patients and were connecting that to the low pressure system.
All I know is L&D and post partum units at my hospital were completely full. It was crazy.

[Anonymous]

I've heard that they're correlated but that doesn't mean causation. Happened to me though! I was a couple of days shy of 38 weeks and went into labor with my first child during a (thankfully mild) snowstorm. My second came on my due date!

[Anonymous]

Interesting, I gave birth right after a snowstorm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Spontaneous generation, however, is a falsehood. This post sounds like voodoo science to me.

It’s not. There are studies on how hurricanes send women into labor. That’s the ultimate pressure drop.

I only had summer babies and no pressure drops then

[Anonymous]

My baby was born almost 3 months early right after the hurricane in 2011.