How long was your labor?

haleymay18

Mine (with my second) was 18 hours. I was surprised to hear that is the longest one my midwives have done in 5 years!

nosoup4u

DS1 - 24 hours of mild contractions, about 15 hours of more intense contractions and pushing.

DS2 - 15 hours (though i wasn't very intense until about the last 3-4 hours).

katcarls

My labor was just over 6 hours.

pixieprincss

63 hours from the start of timable, consistent contractions to delivery. Pushing was 3.5 hours of that. (OP baby who turned OT a few hours before delivery).

I am surprised about your MW, too! Isn;t 18 about the same or less than the average for a FTM?

annabelle.27

DS1: 16 hours, including three hours of pushing (ended in c-section)

DS2: 2 hours, including 1hr 15 minutes of pushing. hbac.

eta: for both labours I measured from first contraction to babe in arms, although my contractions for both labours started off very painful (no mild "period cramps" for me) and regular- my first contractions with DS2 brought me to me knees and were three minutes apart.

AmyRI

7 hours 45 minutes (15 minutes of pushing).

WildcatPrincess

16 hours from first contraction to birth, 8 hours from water breaking to delivery. I almost want to tell people 8 because the contractions weren't bad up until my water broke!

Sawyerplus1

DS: 30 hours

DD: 8 hours

I consider my labor to be from the first painful (more than a cramp) and timeable contraction to delivery.  

pinksweetpea2

40 hours with baby #1

12 hours with baby #2 

superned

From first contraction to delivery, just over 15 hours.  I pushed for 50 minutes.

julyjennifer

#1-  12 h

#2-  3 h

LindseyJW

#1 - 40+ hours = 28hrs active labor + 8hrs pushing + 5hrs waiting for a c/s

#2 - 7hrs = 6.5hrs laboring + ~30min birthing

LaurelBee

4hrs including 45mins of pushing. But I had a bunch of false labors leading up to his birth that lasted about 12 hours total. 

august8080

10 hours from "Is this a real contraction?" to baby in my arms.

CTri17

First-7.5 hours, 1.25 hours of pushing

We'll see in a few weeks how #2 goes 

StefandTodd

10.25 hours.

sschwege

That is surprising!  Mine was 17.5.  

robyn2201

8.5 hours

Kristinmo

I was induced. It was 3 hours from the start of pit until DS was in my arms. 

xnbride

DS1=4 hours induced with pitocin; no pain meds; 38w 6lb 1oz

DS2=3 hours spontaneous; at about 1.5hr in we realized I was in labor and barely made it to the hospital; natural; 38w 6lb 15oz

teresajean01

9 hours from water breaking to baby (with 2 hours before contractions started after my water broke)

RingOfFire11

4.25 hours from water breaking when I was asleep.

[Deleted User]

Wow, so many short labors!

I started timing contractions at 8 minutes apart at about 3 pm on the 24th, she was born at 6:47 pm on the 25th, so almost 28 hours.

applejack85

i am jealous of all these short labors. my NB was 34 hrs of labor, including 2 hrs of pushing.

ah625

2 hours and 55 minutes, that I was awake for. I woke up at really early in the AM with strong contractions after going to bed feeling perfectly fine. My doctor estimated I slept through about 2 hours of early contractions.

missmaggie11

#1 DS- 14 hours from 1st timeable contraction to birth- 1 hour of pushing.

#2 DD- 10 hours from 1st timeable contraction to birth- my girl was out in 2 pushes, first push her head & second push her body. It was a violent last few minutes, she really wanted to come out!!!

FinallyMrsBMW

For both of my daughters I was in active labor for about 8 hours.

KateLouise

Active labour? DD1 = 7 hours DD2 = 45 minutes.

Early labour for DD1 I had 2 days, and DD2 I had around 10 hours. 

PBP2002

26 hours of timeable contractions, 11 hours of "real"/active labor, 3 hours of pushing.

polling

My longest labour was my first: 9 hours from my water breaking (first sign of labour) to holding babe.

Shortest labour was just under 2 hours.  Hard to say exactly as I didn't recognize the contractions for a while. 

After my first no labour was longer than 4 hours.

BelleIsa

My water broke before contractions started - but from when my water broke to baby in arms - 8 hours.

Active pushing of 20 minutes.

(I had an epi though, which slowed down my labour A LOT towards the end.  If I had not had the epi, I think she would have been born in 4-5 hours.)

My midwife said to call her with my FIRST contraction with this one because she thinks I'll go very fast again...

AppleMomma

With #1 being induced (nurse placed the IV INCORRECTLY & didn't listen to me, my mom or my husband), I began feeling contractions but it was 3 days before DS arrived!!!!

With #2 born at home, 6 hours. A W E S O M E! 

happylady07

Just under 3 hours, including 15 minutes of pushing.  I was induced with pit though, so I'm hopeful my next birth isn't so crazy (probably would have been at least a little longer if they hadn't resorted to some intervention to get him out quickly during pushing). 

Rosebud2587

6 1/2 hrs from when I felt my 1st contraction till DD was born

Alliebooberz

21 hours from water breaking. My water broke and that's how my labor started and immediately my contractions were 2 1/2 minutes apart and they stayed that way almost up to the end. 

PansyPants

17 hours, 2 that were pushing.

theladyjess

18 hours, 4 hours of it was pushing.  LO was 40w2d, 9lb 7oz

I woke up at 11am with some back pain that I thought was just from sleeping.  Took a shower and ate some lunch.  Around noon contrax started and were 4-5 min apart lasting 15-30 seconds.  At 1pm they ramped up to 2-3 min for 30-45 sec.  By 2pm I could no longer talk during contrax.  We headed to the hosptial around 3 or 3:30pm.  My water broke around 8pm and LO was born at 6:15am.  I didn't really notice a difference between the intensity of my contrax before or after my water broke.

BEATOU

20 hours after my water broke. In hindsight, I'd spent the day before wondering if I was having contractions, but they weren't strong enough for me to be sure. I'll be honest, I'm hoping this one is faster:).

Blackvelvet

About 7 hours but only 3 when I knew it was labor it wasn't timable at first

Temp76535187505890

#1= 5.5 hours

#2= 4.5 hours

Both were kicked off by water breaking with zero contractions leading up to it. If I clocked from first contraction though it would be 4 and 3 hours.  

kaeti_su

4 hours. Well, technically I was probably unknowingly in very early labor prior to that (was 3 cm dilated at my 39 week appointment 5 days before DD was born), but I consider my labor starting as when I became aware that I was in labor.