1st time moms ~ How long did you push?

piper09 · December 2009

Just curious... I pushed for two hours and they said that was about average. My SIL only pushed for 15 minutes. So jealous!!!

Mabzie · December 2009

2.5 hours.

jennrenee09 · December 2009

20 minutes

Innak0531 · December 2009

I got really lucky and only pushed twice for about 10 min. She was definately ready to come

am&md110307 · December 2009

35 minutes

Jenn.J. · December 2009

40 minutes, but thankfully it only felt like 20.

mhbuttahs · December 2009

20 minutes to push out my 9 pounder...OUCH! LOL

sophabelle · December 2009

3 contractions - so maybe 10-15 min tops. i was really happy to only be in labor for 7 hours but i also had major epi issues so it was not a walk in the park by any means!

madalynnsmommy09 · December 2009

20 minutes, they didn't believe me this was my first.

dragonsmercy · December 2009

10 minutes... Confused

she almost literally flew at the doctor in the last push (and tore me a tiny bit while she was at it). She was in a hurry to be born!

AfterAll · December 2009

An hour.

wnk1029 · December 2009

About an hour

MrsDB · December 2009

2.5 hrs. my 2nd was 2 lbs bigger and was out in 30 minutes

decmom09 · December 2009

3 1/2 hours! DD was stuck and came out at a weird angle.

MGauthier · December 2009

My hospital only lets you push for 30 minutes max. So 30 minutes for me and she was born

realisticdreams · December 2009

1.5 hours, I sucked at pushing and was exhausted from it. I didn't have any pain meds.

SUNKISSD3 · December 2009

I only pushed for 10 minutes. In labor a total of like 8 hrs and it was ok bc i called outta work that day so that made up for me not being at work lol. I also had epi issues... but over all it was quick and easy 10 min push

EmuJane · December 2009

About 20 minutes, I wasn't looking at the clock when I started, and that's the closest that anyone else remembered.

ENev · December 2009

45 minutes

Jocelyn0415 · December 2009

1 hour and 15 mins.

krissyh21 · December 2009

3 hours although the doctor said if I had a normal pelvis (it is narrow) that Dillon would have been here in 1/2 hour to an hour tops. He literally was in sight and not getting anywhere for 2 hours I was pushing. I refused getting forceps until the babies heart rate started to drop.

userdeleted · December 2009

I'm not a first time mom, but it was the first time I was in labor so I "counted" as one. I pushed for 30 min.

dragonsmercy · December 2009

realisticdreams:
1.5 hours, I sucked at pushing and was exhausted from it. I didn't have any pain meds.

Aww, I love Peyton's dress! Where did you get it??

butterfly1979 · December 2009

30 minutes!

CourtneyAnn · December 2009

About 50 min

scaneiki · December 2009

less than 45 min to push out my 9lb 10 oz baby.

seaturtle19 · December 2009

40 minutes

Jacques715 · December 2009

2.5 hours. My daughter was sunny side up (posterior) so my ob was still impressed with my time. LOL

Sus77 · December 2009

2 and a half hours! DS was sunny side up and got a bit stuck on the way out. He eventually had to be vacuumed out Sad

kaekee · December 2009

About 15 minutes

TgerLilyXx · December 2009

Just over three hours. I had a pretty high fever which had me drifting in and out, DS was sunny side up and stuck, so they vacuumed him out.

mrsschwags · December 2009

Around 5 minutes - it was two contractions worth and she was out! Labor was 30 hours total, though, so I think that made up for it!

gna*b*a*ledford · December 2009

1.5 hrs

Kristinmo · December 2009

mhbuttahs:
20 minutes to push out my 9 pounder...OUCH! LOL

Me too, Except DS was 9.7

april_lynn_08 · December 2009

I pushed for about 2.5 hours. I was in labor for a total of 8 hrs. DD was sunny side up and they had to vacuum her out. Poor thing had a sideways cone head!

brook&nick · December 2009

2 hours

Sassy_Cassie · December 2009

10 Minutes! That was the part that made me feel like a champ - they kept telling me what an excellent pusher I was. :]

fellesferie · December 2009

Technically, I pushed for 4.5 hours. I took a 30 minute break after my midwife thought that I needed to rest and let him come down further on his own, but supposedly that still "counts" as pushing time.

I have narrow hips and DS had (and still has) a big head. He had quite the little cone head for a couple weeks.