[kjsmommy09]

DD: 5 hrs 29 mins from the time my water broke till she was out. I think I only had to push for 5 mins.

[kathrin99]

31 hours and 3 hours of pushing

[Mod-Urchin]

Short answer: 6 hours, about 1 hour pushing.


Long answer: I was induced at 38w4d due to IUGR. At 9am the doc administered cervical gel and sent me home. I returned at 3pmto find that I was still not dialated at all, so they put in more gel and admitted me for the evening.

I spent a few hours walking stairs at the hospital to see if I could get things going. I did get what seemed to be strong BH contractions...but nothing intense or painful.

at 10pm my nurse was taking me off of the monitors when my water broke. Labor then took off fast and furious. I was almost immediately in extreme unmanageable pain, and when the nurse told me I was only at a 3-4 I changed my birth plan and requested an epi.

Given the time of night, the anesthesiologist didn't get there until 2am. I had my epi in by 3am. The nurses didnt check my progress pre-epi.... as soon as it was in, they checked and I was at 10cm (doh!). I had to wait an hour for the epi to wear off...then pushed for an hour.

[Anna.Loves.Toast]

Contractions started about 1030pm on friday, he was born sunday at 5:15pm. So I was in labor for almost 43 hours. I had scar tissue around my cervix so I didn't dilate until one of the nurses in triage 'popped' it at around 1am on Sunday. I went from just being a fingertip dilated to being 6 in an hour! My labor was all back labor.

[Moni75]

1st child 29 hours with 3 hours pushing plus forceps to help
2nd child 21 hours with 1 hour pushing plus vacccum to help
3rd. child 2 hours plus emergency c/s

[RedRose_xo]

How long did you labor:

With your 1st child? 12 hours. This includes 45mins of pushing

[Nora97]

29 hrs of labor pushed for 3 hrs, end with forceps.

[queenofthecastle]

24 hours from first contraction to him being born.

[mrsjl]

#1- 8h 45m
#2- 3h 45m

[tubyren]

You can't believe me. I have only 45 hour labor with my first son.

[breastfeedin mama]

my first, only 6 hrs

[.:Kati:.]

I was in labor for over 24 hours,probably longer then that. I will never know i do know i should have been at the hospital a day before i arrived.

[Adventuremom]

How long did you labor:


With your 1st child? About 5 hours, total. 1 hour of that was pushing time.

2nd child? About 3 hours, total. About 30 minutes of that was pushing time.

[elizabethsingler]

Originally Posted by New_England_Girl

(Probably asked before, but not recently...indulge me, lol)

How long did you labor:
With your 1st child?

2nd child?

3rd child?

Add 4th, 5th, 6th, as applicable:

With my 1st I was induced and was only 2 days late. It was a 24 hour labor and terrible.

With my 2nd I was 17 days late and birthed at home. It was a 7 hr labor from start to finish.

with my 3rd I went into labor on due date and it was 4 hours from start to finish.

With my 4th, my water broke 2 weeks early and I wasn't even in labor for hours. From active labor to finish it was 3.5-4 hours.

[elizabethdennis]

For DS, my labor was induced I stayed in the labor room for 2 days, (4 hours in active labor).

Giving birth to DD was a lot easier. 2 hours in active labor (natural labor), pushed twice - and the baby is out!

[Anne98]

23 hours and 3 hours of pushing.

[Kornelia80]

#1... 6 hours before emergency c/s
#2...21 hours end with a forceps

[desiivy]

1st was 5 hours. 2 ND was 1 1/2. 3rd 45mins. 4th 38 mins. #5 was 40 mins I am hoping for the same this time.

[Mod-Urchin]

Originally Posted by desiivy

1st was 5 hours. 2 ND was 1 1/2. 3rd 45mins. 4th 38 mins. #5 was 40 mins I am hoping for the same this time.

Holy smokes! Those are short labours. Do you make it to the hospital?

[Katja83]

1st child-20 hours with 2 hours of pushing plus the vaccum to help
2nd child- 4 hours - emergency c/s