What was your experience with the third child?

JKB1986

I've read a lot of stories of people saying #1 was much more slow and although painful, they felt in control or calm (not sure the best word) during the pushing stage. Then with #2 they said it went so fast and because of this, they felt out of control during the pushing stage. That was definitely my experience. I'm due with #3 in November and was just wondering, does anyone have any experience for their third that they could share?

headgear03

I actually felt more out of control with my first. With my second I only pushed twice so it wasn't that bad. With my third I wasn't our of control but it was more annoying mostly because my contractions weren't consistent so I never got to get into a rhyt

abell77

I'm expecting my third as well, but I will say that I felt way more in control with my second than my first.  There were many reasons for this, overall it was a much easier birth, but knowing what to expect, even though things did happen much faster,

A37licia

I'm expecting a wild card. I've been told by many people, midwives included, that it can be very different than your others.  My first was a c/s after 17 hours labor, and my VBAC was 2 hours. I have no idea what to expect for this one. My gut tells m