POLL: How long was your labor (especially if you have 2+)

love22 · November 2011

How long was your labor?

Baby #1

Baby #2

Baby #3(etc.)

This post makes me nervous since I was induced with DS so I'm not sure how soon to get to the hospital.

https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/59948164.aspx

Mrs.Wright07 · November 2011

Baby #1 - Was induced at 2:00pm (they broke my water - no pitocin) - Delivered at 7:16pm - 5h 16m

Baby #2 - Was induced at 7:15pm (they broke my water - no pitocin) - Delivered at 8:51pm - 1h 36m

lmvierra · November 2011

Baby #1: went into labor on my own 3 days after due date - 18 hours

Baby #2: had to be induced 9 days after due - 23 hours (but there was an 11+ year gap between the two babies)

Baby #3: went into labor on my own 3 days after due date - about 12 hours, though for what it's worth if my contractions weren't so regular I wouldn't have thought I was in labor - they never really felt bad until transition. Like that poster they were 30-45 seconds long for about 6 hours but not really painful. I went in to get checked anyways and I was already 5 cm dialated. Just pay attention and you should be okay :-)

ModernMomma · November 2011

#1 - 16 hours with dr breaking water and pitocin, had epidural #2 - 8 hours with no breaking water or pitocin, had epidural

ZoeMay06 · November 2011

I only have 1 so far, but my labor was ~36 hours long start to finish with 7 hours of active labor. No pitocin or epidural, if it makes any difference.

NorcalLinds · November 2011

#1: 17 hours of pit, 2 of those hours were pushing, my water broke at home and went in on my own

#2: already in hospital for monitoring, Dr. broke my water at 10:30am, baby born at 12:30pm, i guess 2 hours of labor

ladipale · November 2011

Only one kid, I was induced from no progress because of a suspicious non stress test. I was fully dilated about 40 hours after induction started, pushed 2 hours before the c-section

pink.dutch.tulips · November 2011

week overdue - induced w/ pictocin

they started my drip at 8:45a, i delivered at 3:51p approx. 7 hrs

Structenggal · November 2011

Baby #1 - went into labor on my own - 10hrs.

Baby #2 - scheduled c-section.

Go Dux · November 2011

Baby #1 Water broke at 1:30am...Delivered at 10:50am 9 hours total Contratctions steady, only needed epidural

Baby #2 Water broke at 6:15am...Delivered at 5:09pm 11 hours total. Labor did not progress all morning. Given pitocin (will never do that again) at 12pm.

StefandTodd · November 2011

Baby #1/only: contraction woke me up at 12:45 am, baby born at 11:01am - just over 10 hours.

NorCalGrads · November 2011

20 hours with #1, augmented with Pit for the last 7 hours. 15 hours with #2, au naturale.

The last 3 births I was at, I kept the moms rolling their hips almost the whole time I was there. All of them went really fast, much faster than typical labors (one did 2cm to complete in 2 hours, but labored for about 6 hours before that). I'm quickly becoming a believer in the Dancing for Birth thing.

MrsWright should offer the caveat that she was already 5cm dilated when they induced her

DoxieGal · November 2011

#1: Contractions started at 11:30 PM on Saturday and baby arrived at 6:54 PM on Sunday with about 90 minutes of pushing.

SarahCee · November 2011

This is a great post! I've been wondering the same thing. DS1 was about 12 hours from the first "yeah I think this is it" contraction. With an epi about 1/2 way through, no pit.

tri_bride05 · November 2011

#1 36 hours

#2 12 hours

danandkelly · November 2011

Let me preface this with that it will not make you feel better, I had a crazy fast labor with #2

How long was your labor?

Baby #1 Active labor was about 6 hours, with irregular contrax for a while at home before that.

Baby #2 Total labor 1 hour 7 minutes, from the first major contraction to the time the baby was born. 4 minutes from the time I got to the L&D floor to when she was born. Crazy fast!

tri-reader · November 2011

Baby #1: from first contraction to birth...30 hours.

Baby #2: 24 hours

Baby #3: I knew something was off in the morning, vomitting, headache. But contractions didn't start until a little after noon. A was born at 9:41pm. Once active labor came it came fast with #3. 3 hours to be exact. I showed up at the hospital at 7pm at 9cm.

TheMutleys · November 2011

Baby #1- Admitted to the hospital around 2pm on Monday, delivered at 6:42pm the NEXT day. I say that I was in labor for 28 hours. DH says that it was more like 3 days because I was laboring at home for awhile without much progress.

Baby #2 - Hopefully shorter. Haha.