How long was your labor with your first? Just out of curiousity

stever · September 2010

Was in early labor for 18 hours, then went to the hospital and labored for 7 hours before pushing, then pushed for 3 hours. So, 28 hours I guess.

mndance79 · September 2010

From the time I was able to start timing contractions at 3-5 minutes to birth was almost exactly 24 hours. 18 hours were in the hospital, and I pushed for about 45 minutes before he was born.

ShariJenn · September 2010

From the first contraction to birth was 46 hours Tongue Tied

I can only pray that doesn't happen again!

MorgansMommy1 · September 2010

From my FIRST contraction to when DD made her grand appearance was 11 hours.

RedQueen1982 · September 2010

9 hours. The doctor had to break my water.

zubenescamali · September 2010

woke up with contractions around 2:30am...in retrospect probably was having light contractions all evening...water broke around 4am, and Allison was born by eCesarean at 10:06am. so, 7 1/2 hrs thanks to the placental infarction.

jenn11980 · September 2010

My water broke at 8 pm, I started feeling contractions around midnight and DS was born at 3:18 am. So I was only in labor for 7 hours and 18 minutes. It was pretty quick to me.

tiredmamma · September 2010

DD#1 was 23 hours followed by an emergency c-section. DD#2 was also a c-section but I labored for about 7 hours due to my own denial (we were scheduled for the next week) and waiting for a the OR.

eesome · September 2010

16 hours.

NDwife07 · September 2010

Time-able contractions to delivery was 28 hours.

liz606 · September 2010

I had an emergency induction. I was 0 cm....went on pitocin, had first contractions by 6:15 PM, was at 10 cm by 11:00pm, had to wait an hour to push b/c my OB was delivering another baby....DD was born at 12:48AM.

Jeremy'sMom · September 2010

I was induced at 8am, contractions started getting pretty bad at noon, got the epidural at 3pm, and finally ended up having to get a c-section at 8pm. So, i was in labor for 12 hours, but only a few of them were painful, lol.

Quiksilver620 · September 2010

16 hours of labor, then pushing, then emergency c/s

Mjmksb04 · September 2010

About 11 hours. Started having real contractions around 9pm, got to the hospital at 7:30am, he was born at 8:30.

rainlily · September 2010

Labor started at 12:36 am and DD was born at 1:29 pm. Don't know what time my water broke...they checked me at the hospital at 9 am and it had broken but DD's head was so low that I was not leaking.