If your first labor was fast....how was the second?

arcook0307 · July 2013

With DD#1, my water broke on a Friday at 8:00pm, contractions began at 2:00am and she had arrived by 7:30. I know labor can go even faster than that but my contractions were never gradual. I had a few 10 min apart, a few 4 min. apart, and the rest were all on top of each other....crazy pain.

With DH out of the country when DD#2 is due, I am terrified labor could start with no warning and I'd be in the same debilitating pain in a flash. I'm quite stressed out about getting child care for DD quickly, getting myself to the hospital quick enough etc. even though I have a plan in place and plenty of people willing to help... I still stress that people won't hear their phone or forget to turn it on at night knowing I could call..... I am probably being a little irrational??

Watergirl21 · July 2013

With my first baby I was induced at 9am. Contractions started at 4 minutes apart around 11am I had an epidural and delivered at 6pm. With dd2 I felt nothing until my water broke at 7 pm contractions stArted at 730 at less than 2 minutes apart went to hospital. Dd2 arrived at 835. My doula missed the birth and so did my husband because he was watching our daughter. I had made child care arrangements but there was no time to drop off or wait for someone.

la79al · July 2013

DD1, my water started leaking at 7:15ish am. She was born at 11:21am. DD2 contractions started at 4:08 am, she was born at 10:19 am. With DD2, my DH and I took DD1 along to the hospital with us and my mom and sister met us there. We didn't really have a 'childcare plan' and everything worked out. DD1 was in the room for the whole thing except the actual 10 minutes of pushing and cleanup. My sister kept her busy in the waiting room during that time. We live 45 minutes from the hospital so I was worried about timing too but it was perfect

PrimRoseMama · July 2013

Don't know yet!

LeggyNic · July 2013

Mine was actually a few hours longer but my OB had guessed it would be due to DD3 being bigger. But I had several of the same concerns you did as my due date approached.

With DD1 I woke up cramping at 7am, water broke in the shower around 8:30 and she was out at 10:34am. She was 6lbs, 6oz and 12 days early. (DD2 was a c/s due to breech)

For DD3 my water broke at 8:30pm, contractions started about 9:15 and she was born at 2:07am. She was 8lbs, 8oz and 2 days early.

lcriordan · July 2013

First labor I went from 1cm to 10 and pushing in about 2 hours.

Second labor I went from 1cm (checked at hospital but was sent home due to lack of progress) to 10cm when checked at drs office about an hour and had to be rushed to hospital in an ambulance and had no time for an epidural

With both I had about 12 hours of irregular, non painful contractions before the real labor started.

MrsWindyCity · July 2013

With my first I was in labor all day (I started having minor back contractions before going to bed the night before but I didn't really know they were contractions). Honestly though my contractions were never timetable. I labored at home all day, my water broke at about 5:30pm, I got to the hospital about 7:30/8 and DS was born at 9:30pm. I arrived at the hospital at 10cm.

With this one, I started having contractions in the early evening, pretty spaced out, like 10 minutes or so apart. They continued getting gradually closer all night (so I didn't really sleep). We got to the hospital at about 7/7:30am and I was at 3cm, my water broke on its own at 8:30, and DS was born at 10:19.

With both my contractions weren't awful until my water broke. Then both times it got painful and went really quickly.

meggers102 · July 2013

With my DD my water broke at 2:40am. Contractions began within the hour. Went to the hospital around 3:45am and she was born at 3:10pm. So total labor was 12.5 hours.

With DS my water broke at 3:02am. Contractions began almost immediately. Waited for FIL to get to our place to watch DD. And he was born at 5:56am. Second time around labor was just under 3 hours.

MattysGirl81 · July 2013

My labor with DS #1 was 10 hours, went into labor naturally and delivered vaginally. I was induced with DS #2 and labor was 6.5 hours.

KEK1025 · July 2013

DS labor was 12 hours. Went into labor naturally with contractions at home that steadily progressed in intensity and duration until I had him. Dr broke my water at 10 cm in hospital.

DD labor was 6 hours with contractions that came on intense and went from 5 min to 1.5-2 within an hour. I labored much less at home as I was in pain almost immediately.

We live out of state from all family but our plan was always to have my dad come down to watch DS. He arrived into town at 8 pm and I went into labor that night around midnight -10 days early. We had two different friends as backup in case I went before my dad was here. They were both moms so knew it could happen any time of day and to keep the phone close. We also had our neighbor as last backup that gave us the ok to knock on the door at any hour if we got desperate. It's definitely added stress when you already have a little one at home. I'd just have a couple people on standby and a friendly reminder to keep their phones close never hurts

TradeMama · July 2013

With my first, I went into labor around 6am and he was born at 12:55pm... so a little less than 7 hours total. With my second, I went into labor around 6am and he was born at 7:33pm... so a little over 12 hours. With my third, I was in labor for 36 hours and didn't progress, my water had broken on it's own but I stalled at 4cm and had to have a C-section. So, for me, they didn't necessarily follow the general rule.

equinus · July 2013

My first labor wit DD was five hours, started with water breaking, no contractions for about an hour, then four hours of intense contractions. I arrived at the hospital fully dilated. With my recent DS, it was a planned homebirth, and I had non-painful irregular contractions for about 10 hours the day before, that fizzled out to nothing for about 12 hours, then I had 45 min of intense contractions, called the midwife and DS was born 10 minutes after we called, so second labor was way faster.

June18Bride05 · July 2013

First labor was around 5 hours, second was also 5 hours, third was 8 hours.

holagal · July 2013

My first labor was about 4.5 hours and my second was a whopping 2.5 hours...probably will be shorter but with the delay in your contractions last time I would think you would have time...try not to stress and make as much as a plan as you can.

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