Second time moms - how long was your labor ?

diskobride09 · February 2012

this question is prob asked so many times. I am anxious and really starting to get nervous. I am not a wimp by any means but I am def hoping I can handle this. I am just starting to get scared. I have never been in the hospital before for anything. I was just curious on others laboring times, maybe it will make me feel better that there will be an end in site

Lisichka · February 2012

There is definitely end in sight! My water broke at around 6am, but I didn't start having contractions for a while, so by the time I got to the hospital it was about 10am. My DD was born at around 11pm.

hannahbagels · February 2012

I woke up to my first contraction at 130am (zero signs of upcoming labor until that point) and he was out at 907am

I called my MW at 430am since I was having 30-45 sec long ctx's every 5 mins

books4brooke · February 2012

I started having irregular contractions mid-morning, was in active labor by about 10 at night and had my son at 7 am. The worst part was the 3 hour pushing, though the OB at L&D just told me my pelvic bone is the reason I pushed so long (and could do so again).

Babymamawithdrama · February 2012

30 hours from when my water broke (no contractions at the time)....they started pitocin about 11 hours after water breaking and kept increasing it until I requested an epidural, I started pushing but the epidural was too strong so they made me wait for it to wear off.... Total of 3 hours of pushing.

mrs.gee · February 2012

Water broke 2am. Couldn't feel DS moving so we were told to come to the hospital and were there about 3:20. No contractions so started pitocin around 6am. He was out at 10pm with 45 min of pushing. Had an epidural quite early since I was already on pitocin.

kmiller1012 · February 2012

My water broke around 5 pm and DS was born at 5 am. So about 13 hrs total and that includes 3 1/2 hrs of pushing. DS was sunny side up and kept hitting my pelvic bone and bouncing back up.

diskobride09 · February 2012

it is nice that others chose an epidural. i am going to the hospital open minded but knowing myself in order to concentrate I might need it to take the edge off. thanks for sharing ladies

Irisheyes1247 · February 2012

My water broke shortly before midnight, contrax began around 4am and DD was born at 3:18 pm after almost 40 minutes of pushing.

kel716 · February 2012

I was induced at 40 weeks 2 days. I was already 3 cm/50-75% effaced, but he hadn't dropped much.

Anyway, the pit started at 12:30 pm, they broke my water at 2:30 pm, and DS arrived at 3:43 AM. So ~15-16 hours on induction.

However, EVERY woman is different, and every labor is different. I think the biggest thing is to just go with it...

joygazz · February 2012

went to hospital 4pm water broke. went on pitocin that night and had DD st 12 noon the next day. I am planning on forgetting that labor.

MomOfTwo2012 · February 2012

I was induced at 5pm on a friday night. Was told that I would not go into active labor until the following evening. My son was born at 3am on Saturday morning. Safe to say, they were wrong lol!

FinallyMrsBMW · February 2012

Of course like everything in pregnancy, it can vary greatly.

I went to the hospital around 8:30pm and was 3-4 cm. They made me walk for a couple hours until I was a definite 4cm and her head was engaged. By that point it was 11pm and I was in pain. I ended up having her at 7:58am so I was in active labor for 9 hours. This is pretty average for a labor.

january78 · February 2012

I was contracting every 5-10 minutes for 6 days, but never progressed on my own. From the time they started my induction DD was born 6 hours later with only 15-20 minutes of pushing.

kmhunt11 · February 2012

2pm- water broke (slow leak that I thought was pee)

6-7pm- back labor started, still wasn't sure I was in labor

11pm- pitocin started (only dilated to 2cm), got epi

5am- 10cm, started pushing

7:30am- DD was born.

So, about 15.5 hours, but it certainly wasn't hard work until the pushing because of the epi.

zubenescamali · February 2012

my contractions woke me from sleep around 2:30 in the morning. they were very irregular. in retrospect, i had probably been having contractions all evening but didn't notice. water broke around 4 or 4:30, small gush, got to the hospital about an hour later and was only 1cm dilated. after a whole lot of monitoring and stuffy they called for the c/s (fetal distress) and DD was born around 10am. i got to 5cm dilated.

GalwayGirl80 · February 2012

12:30am on April 6 - Went into labor with immediate painful contractions - only 1/2 centimeter dilated

1pm - Only 1 cm dilated/ Got Epidural w/pitocin

11:30pm - Started pushing

12:18am on April 7- My son was born after about 45 mins of pushing. (His hand was up on his head so that made it more difficult to push him out.)

So I'd say a good 24 hours of labor and that doesn't include the contractions I had the day before...

niknak7 · February 2012

Wow, guess I am in the minority here. I was in painful active labor for 44 hours followed by just over 4 hours of pushing. Spent the first 24 hours at home unable to sleep, eat or do just about anything else then the rest of the time in the hospital.

jaemiller · February 2012

15 hours from start to finish.......2 hours of pushing!!!! Hoping to not have to push that long this time.

Plien · February 2012

I had my membranes swept Monday around noon and contractions started around 6pm. Labored at home all night.
Tuesday morning around 8:30am we got to the hospital.
DS was born Wednesday morning 12:40am after 3.5hrs of pushing.

KatieD212 · February 2012

I had an appt at 4 pm, and I was dilated to 5 cm so they kept me at the hospital. I didn't really feel my contractions until they broke my water at 7 pm, and DS was born at 11:23 pm. I pushed for 1.5 hours.

So in total of me actually feeling it, 4.5 hours

justmeardle · February 2012

My first contraction was at 1am & I delivered at 5pm.... so 16 hours

edit: I pushed for 20 minutes (but only during contractions)

barnwife · February 2012

Well, we had sex before going to bed. Then I had a contraction. (I hadn't had any until that point.) Every time I woke to pee I had another contraction.

When I woke up for the morning, I lost my MP and had bloody show. I was also continuing to have contractions. I spent the morning running errands (yes, knowing I was in early labor). I came home and had an early light lunch.

Contractions continued to get longer, stronger, and closer together. At 5 pm, I threw up (as I started heading into transition, most likely). This is when I would have headed to the hospital had I been birthing there. (We had a homebirth.)

I had my only internal at 7:30 pm when I demanded to be taken to the hospital for relief - at which point I was fully dilated. It was another hour or so before I really had an urge to push. I then pushed for 2 hours.

J. was born around 11 pm. So that's about 24 hours after my first contraction. But really, it was only hard work for about 6-7 hours.

nah82 · February 2012

I started feeling mild contractions at home around 6 pm. I stayed home and tried to rest until they got unbearable and I saw blood when I wiped, my water never broke. We got to the hospital around midnight at which point I was about 5-6 cm dilated and got my epi as soon as the anesthesiologist could get to me. Dr. broke my water when he got there. I started pushing around 7 am and my son was born at 7:23 am. All in all, about 13 hours.

Fergie+1 · February 2012

I had mild contractions all day Monday but didn't pay attention to them because they didn't bother me at all- just thought they were BH's. When we got home from the mall it was about 9, I went to bed at 10:30 thinking "Man, if these keep up I might need to time them!". Didn't sleep and got out of bed at 11:30 to time them. By then they were getting hard to talk through, but not exactly painful. (Not as much as everyone had told me they'd be.) We arrived at L&D at 1am and I had my beautiful little man at 9:35 am after 20 minutes of pushing.

I would consider my labor 'active' for about 10-12 hours.

KSimone619 · February 2012

From the time my water broke to fully dilated was only 4 hours. I pushed for almost 3 hours though then ended up with a c-section so I guess about 8 hours total.

I promise there is an end in sight! Once you are in the moment, you really aren't thinking about how long it's been, you are just excited to see that baby Good luck!

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