GTKY: 1+ moms, how long was labor for all of your babies?

skruhmin

Just wondering what the range is for how long labor was for you.

skruhmin

DS1: 17 1/2 hours
DS2: 12 1/2 hours

PinkSunglasses16

DD: 8.5 hrs from time water broke to birth

CCLow87

#1 - NA (scheduled csection)
#2 - 7.5 hours

kynbar5

1st: 21 hours
2nd: 18 hours
3rd: 18 hours
4th: 14 hours
5th: didn't actually know I was in labor but felt weird, went to hospital just to get checked out, had baby 1 1/2 hours later lol.
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous about making it to the hospital in time for this one (we live 40 mins from where I deliver).

skruhmin

@kynbar5 I'd be nervous too.  Yikes!!

FutureMrsCaesar

1st 15 hrs including 1.5 hrs of pushing 2nd 6 hrs 3 pushes (5 mins max) 3rd 5 hrs 2 pushes (like 2 mins) Defintely got easier for me! Hopefully I'm not jinxing myself.

ETA: I'm counting from the time I got to the hospital until the time I was holding my baby.  I'm sure a had some contractions before going to the hospital, but showered and tried to wait around to see if they were the real thing of if they would fizzle out.  Determining 'real' labor can be tricky!

Doxies4life

Woke up on Mothers Day with labor pains.  Went to the hospital at about noon and they told me I was in labor but it wasn't "good enough labor"  and that they would see me back later.  I went back at 2 AM,  was admitted had my daughter at 1:31 PM.  I think it's unfair to say I was in labor for over 24 hours... Technically I suppose it was 28.5/29.5 hours of labor?  But it was only serious consistent labor pains for about 12 -13 hours....

kotastar14

With my DD I was in labor for around 28.5 hours or so, not including the time while I was at work as that didn't feel actively strong enough of labor to count. I believe my labor was only that long because DD got somewhat struck for awhile, the doctor did say this go around should be easier. I guess only time will tell.

SarahFoley725

I read this as kind of a what to expect thing as this is my first baby, and now I just think I'm going to have night mares haha

kynbar5

@SarahFoley725 generally your 1st labor is pretty lengthy so I wouldn't worry about some unexpected, barely making it to the hospital event. Either way, labor is always worth your end result of holding that gorgeous little baby!

SarahFoley725

Haha my husband thought it was like the movies and my water would break and we'd have to rush out and be holding a baby 2 hours later! I had to tell him that doesn't happen often and certainly I wouldn't be that lucky. I'm not really afraid of the length of labor or the pain, I'm just afraid to be so exhausted right away. I'm sure seeing baby will give me an energy boost!

cataleya82

1st 18 hours 2 hours pushing
2nd 5 hours 2 pushes

*totally freaking out about this one, I even switched hospitals so I'm only 2 miles away.

blueeyedrose86

Total, including early labor (totally manageable contractions): 12 hrs. Active labor was only about 6 hrs and started when my water broke, ended after a few pushes.

parenthood4

1: 5.5 hours
2: 5.5 hours

Both counting from when I knew I was in labor...had some light contractions before, but no idea for how long.

Hope baby 3 continues with the trend!

My dr office and midwife had me scared that baby 2 was going to be super fast! They kept telling me to come to the hospital immediately if I thought I was in labor (we only live 5 minutes away) because they thought it was going to be like 2 hours. But it was still pretty fast, all things considered.

skruhmin

All of you with under 10, I'm side eyeing you fiercely.  Coming from one who stalls in active labor.

KMKaiser07

I was induced with DS and from the time they began pitocin, he was born 10 hours later.

parenthood4

skruhmin said:

All of you with under 10, I'm side eyeing you fiercely.  Coming from one who stalls in active labor.

Haha major props to all of you with long labors. I went med free with my second but did it because I figured it would be fast! Don't know if I could do it with a long labor! I can't imagine how exhausted you must be at the end (med free or not!)

skruhmin

kh1824 said:

All of you with under 10, I'm side eyeing you fiercely.  Coming from one who stalls in active labor.

Haha major props to all of you with long labors. I went med free with my second but did it because I figured it would be fast! Don't know if I could do it with a long labor! I can't imagine how exhausted you must be at the end (med free or not!)

I did med free for my first because I'm allergic to pain meds.  Very thankful they found a good cocktail I could handle for my second since he was 9.1lbs - I was exhausted by the time it was time to push and that little boost of pain relief helped get me through.  I'm thankful that I had short pushing rounds with both boys - between 17 and a few minutes of pushing.

yodapup

I was also induced with pitocin so around 10 hrs with over an hour of pushing.

kitteh81

First labor: 28 hours of active labor, including 8 hours where I stalled at 8 cm! I think I was afraid of transition and mentally blocked my progression. They put me on pitocin to get things moving again, but I managed without pain meds.
3 hours pushing. She was posterior, came out face-up. 7lbs 12 oz.

Second labor: 6 hour total, 45 minutes pushing. But baby was 9lbs 9oz! Waterbirth for the win.

I'm hoping number three is like the last one, except with a 7 lb baby plz. I'm definitely doing another water birth.

Jessimuca

Just short of 16 hours total but 4 of those were spent pushing (yes, I'm the absolute worst at pushing) starting with my water breaking at 6am and ending in forceps at 9:46pm.

All that aside, the labor itself was really great- it wasn't particularly enjoyable and hurt like hell, but it went pretty quickly (They said I progressed like the textbooks say) and was as good as it could have been. I was really scared going in but it was not as bad as I thought. I had the best nurses, my dr happened to be on call that day and my husband was my hero and the best coach ever.

Now pushing on the other hand....

GraysonsMama

DS water broke at 1:15pm without contractions.
Pitocin started at around 6 pm.
Delivered at 3:01 am.
So I say about 9 hours.

GOOCMEL

#1- 18 hours-pushed several times
#2- 8 hours - pushed 3 times
#3- we will see!!

littlemanmomma

#1 12hr of early labor 13.5hrs of active labor then they finally broke my water and after that DS was here in 30 min went from 5cm to 10cm in 10min and pushed for 13min. Oh and not to mention I had a foly balloon the day before so I had about 12 hours of light contractions previous.... hoping #2 is a lot faster

littlemanmomma

kitteh81 said:

First labor: 28 hours of active labor, including 8 hours where I stalled at 8 cm! I think I was afraid of transition and mentally blocked my progression. They put me on pitocin to get things moving again, but I managed without pain meds. 3 hours pushing. She was posterior, came out face-up. 7lbs 12 oz. Second labor: 6 hour total, 45 minutes pushing. But baby was 9lbs 9oz! Waterbirth for the win. I'm hoping number three is like the last one, except with a 7 lb baby plz. I'm definitely doing another water birth.

I was going to do a water birth but it just didnt happen still considering it for #2 good to hear someone doing and loving it makes me excited to try it again.

ceds07

I was induced because she was 10 days late (really hoping to avoid a repeat of this) and start to finish it was about 19 hours but I would say actual labor was more like 15 hours. 

ClaireBear90

40 hours for my first. I'm honestly not sure for my second. I remember calling my doula around 8 pm to tell her I thought I was in labor and then I gave birth shortly after lunch (not that I was eating lunch haha) the following day. So maybe around 16 hours? It felt so short compared to the first time, but it was a much more painful labor and delivery.

emjeve

21 hours total. 3.5 hours of pushing!!! Ugh!!!

Kath525

I started labor on a Tuesday and didn't give birth til Friday morning. I had contractions four minutes apart for the last twenty hours. It was rough. Hoping this one is easier!!!

jy725

DD: 13 hours from the time my water broke until she was born.

skruhmin

Kath525 said:

I started labor on a Tuesday and didn't give birth til Friday morning. I had contractions four minutes apart for the last twenty hours. It was rough. Hoping this one is easier!!!

Oh honey!!!  That exhausts me just thinking about it!

elle313

8 hours from the first contraction, 6 of which I spent in the hospital. 

red3ye

25 hours total, 16 hours hard contractions every minute 35 seconds. Never progressed past a 3 so they gave me an epi and when ds heart rate went wonky we did a csection.

skruhmin

red3ye said:

25 hours total, 16 hours hard contractions every minute 35 seconds. Never progressed past a 3 so they gave me an epi and when ds heart rate went wonky we did a csection.

You exhaust me too

2-Step

#1: Labor started at 6pm on my due date, contractions 2 min apart for 24 hours, dilated to a 3 until they FINALLY admitted me after 28 hours and the nurse begging the doctor to let me in because she had seen me the night before "rocking the contraction monitor" and had sent me home at 2am because I was still a 3. They finally broke my water and I got an epi at 11pm the following night. Labor progressed for another 10 hours, followed by 4 hours of pushing and a stuck baby that ended in a c-section.

All in all from start to finish: 44 hours, followed by me passing out in exhaustion in a morphine haze me because I had muscle cramps in my entire body so bad I bawled like a baby and begged (or maybe screamed) for drugs. It was lovely.

#2: Scheduled c-section, MUCH EASIER!

SadiePantsR

It's so nice to hear I wasn't the only one with a hellish long 1st labor!
I started having contractions on Thursday had baby on Sunday.

Thursday I was way to excited to sleep. Went to the hospital Friday morning, they sent be home because I was only 3cm. But having contractions every 8 min. Went back Friday night in tears because I was so tired but still only 4cm and still having contractions every 7 min. The resident took major pitty on me (she got in trouble for this)and admitted me and gave me morphine so I could sleep through a couple hours of contractions. Labored all day Saturday, they broke my water and I finally asked for an epidural that evening. Labored all night. Held my daughter Sunday morning after 2 hours of pushing. We say it was 60 hrs. The first 30 were "inactive labor" but when contractions are regularly paced it does not feel inactive.

lightrox

My first I labored for 9 hours but didn't progress past 4 cm so I had a c section with my second my water broke at 11:15am I fully dilated and was pushing by 6pm but his heart rate started to dip so I pushed my doctor into performing another c section. So with him I guess I labored almost 7 hours. This one will be a planned c section so no laboring for me.

oceanchild

#1 – 5.5h (2cm dilated at my appt that day; water broke in bed without ever feeling contractions before that, pushed for 15m) 40w
#2 – 5.5h (0cm dilated, scheduled induction: pit started at 0845, baby born at 1420, 1 push while OB told me to “whoa stop” haha) 40w
#3 – 3h (1cm dilated at my appt the day before, water broke in bed without ever feeling contractions before that, 1 push OB caught baby ungloved with one hand as he ran into the room) 41w

blueeyedrose86

@skruhmin My labor may have been short, but it was so intense. The whole active labor I had one contraction, followed by maybe a minute break, then two back to back contractions. I wanted (and had) a natural birth, but I felt like I was having a heart attack lol

beedaul90

DD1 - 37hours including 4 hours of pushing... I was induced 3.5 weeks early though so I blame my body not being ready. She was 5lbs 11oz

DD2 - 24 hours including 8 minutes of pushing