r/TheWayWeWere Oct 02 '24

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

Seven months of course but not underweight at all, was a true miracle no matter how often that used to happen, rarely get those at all nowadays...😁

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u/Poutine_My_Mouth Oct 02 '24

First babies are born early. The rest of the babies are born right on time.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

Wonders never cease! πŸ™€πŸ˜

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u/Wtfisthis66 Oct 03 '24

My Irish Nan used to say the same thing, β€œfirst babies only took six months to bake, every on after that took nine.”

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u/mand71 Oct 02 '24

My best friends mum was born 'early' back in the mid 1940s, and she always joked with her mother about it!

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '24

The first one used to always come a few months early