Moms that have delivered...

liz429 · November 2013

Wondering how long you ladies have pushed for. A girl I work with the other day was saying she pushed for 6 hours because her sons head was that big. Just trying to get some idea.

mavgirl_73 · November 2013

This answer will be all over the place. It varies even between pregnancies with the same person. I don't know that there is an average. The most efficient answer will be, as long as it takes for baby to come out.

Edit: 1st pushed for 5 min because I had to stop otherwise she would've come out in 2 pushes. 2nd pushed 2 times and she was out, less than 5 min. Decided to answer so I wasn't being a total shit today.

leahraewku · November 2013

Twenty minutes with baby #1.

Almost an hour with #2.

They let my sister push for almost 3 hours before resorting to a C-section.

n8swife · November 2013

I haven't delivered this one yet but with DS, I pushed for 4 hours. I'll be happy with anything less than 4 hours this time.

watercolor5 · November 2013

Pushed for 1 hour with my first

Lawren · November 2013

15 minutes with DS, but my labor was loooooong. Hoping for another quick delivery with DD.

KateVA · November 2013

So many variables in this but it i pushed for two hours with ds1 and about 15min w ds2. But my contractions never get closer than 5-8 minutes apart so 15 minutes was like 3 pushes total.

blainethetrain · November 2013

4 pushes.

liz429 · November 2013

Thanks for rubbing it in Cash! I know there's no real answer to how long it will take. Just trying to mentally prep myself in case it gets long. Always nice to compare it to someone who had to go longer for me.

glowpoint · November 2013

n8swife said:

I haven't delivered this one yet but with DS, I pushed for 4 hours. I'll be happy with anything less than 4 hours this time.

Exactly this. And it was because he had a huge head.

swirl25 · November 2013

With DD I pushed for about an hour, which isn't too bad for a first baby. Almost all my STM friends said they pushed like twice or for 5 minutes with their second, including my friend who pushed for nearly 3 hours with her first. Hoping it's the same case for me!

HerbanMom · November 2013

I went from 7 cm to 10 cm in less than 5 min and my LO got all beat up from "rapid descent" so I'm sure my case is far different than most folks. Because of the above my OB was still at home since it was a Sunday so I had to breathe through 20 min of unmedicated contractions and LO being at the perineum the whole time, per the nurse. OB pretty much ran out the door and I pushed a couple of times and he was out. If I'd been allowed to deliver when I was begging to push it would've been a few minutes at most. With DS1, I pushed for about 45 min and DS2 about 20 min.

Ohiomama2013 · November 2013

2 hours with my girl. My epi may have been too good because I never really felt the urge to push.

liz429 · November 2013

Cashingn2 said:

liz429 said:
Thanks for rubbing it in Cash! I know there's no real answer to how long it will take. Just trying to mentally prep myself in case it gets long. Always nice to compare it to someone who had to go longer for me.
Does it make it better that I had contractions on top of each other for 2 hours before they gave me my Epi? Or that I have a 3rd degree tear? Also, I threatened to murder the anesthesiologist for taking so long to get here but felt bad because he was treating a woman with a knife wound to her neck.

Eek nope

notkateanymore · November 2013

Labored or pushed?

lp0 · November 2013

I pushed for an hour with DS.

Ktrue85 · November 2013

Pushed for about an hour.

hfitz · November 2013

Not sure how accurate it was but the nurse who worked in delivery and taught my childbirth class mentioned that an hour or so was average for a FTM.

fauxvegan · November 2013

I haven't this LO yet, but with DD I pushed 3 times and that was it. Labor lasted 7.5 hours, so I consider myself lucky. I just know I won't be so lucky this time and it makes me nervous

GeauxM&V · November 2013

It took two pushes, so definitely less than 5 minutes!

malamutemommy · November 2013

I got pushed into the OR, does that count?

sportsmomma · November 2013

2.5 hours with DS. He wouldn't get in the right position for us. We'll see with this one.

Lroberts1187 · November 2013

Pushed for like 15 min with DS, praying history repeats itself. My aunt pushed for over two hours with her first! Umm no thanks

Aycul18 · November 2013

Dear God I wish to be on the lower end of the spectrum... I know our bodies are made for this, but 3 or 4 hours of pushing makes it hurt just thinking about it... I wish you ladies much faster delivery this time around!

MsCat19 · November 2013

20 min with my first, 40 with my second. I wasn't a full 10 when they had me start pushing with her though - I was starting to get a fever and they wanted to avoid NICU for the baby.

rach10782 · November 2013

2.5 hours with my first because of his huge head. He also managed to snap my tailbone on the way out. That was probably the worst part because it took almost 8 months to heal.

notthecheat · November 2013

Oh lordy. >.< my lo is going to have a huge head I just know it

shortms6 · November 2013

15 min with DD1. 10 min with DD2 and she was 1.5lbs heavier. Felt like an eternity though!

camedowncrushing · November 2013

With DD I pushed for 3 hours before the OB got the vacuum, and assisted me. It was because I had been in labor for so long. My uterus just wasn't contracting anymore. They gave me pitocin t try to get it going again, but it wasn't happening. Thankfully the vacuum worked! This time around I am hoping it goes faster.

insertclevername · November 2013

40 minutes with DS1. I could have probably gotten him out quicker but I was not breathing and pushing along with the contractions for about 15 minutes.

elevators3 · November 2013

rach10782 said:

2.5 hours with my first because of his huge head. He also managed to snap my tailbone on the way out. That was probably the worst part because it took almost 8 months to heal.

Wow, I had no idea that was possible. I'm going to try to forget you said that;)

amberpro · November 2013

About an hour with DS. My epi slowed my contractions down a bit, though, so that was about 5-6 pushes.

musicnmoon123 · November 2013

n8swife said:
I haven't delivered this one yet but with DS, I pushed for 4 hours. I'll be happy with anything less than 4 hours this time.

Impressive! I begged for a c-section after 2 hours with no progress.

MissyC979 · November 2013

40 minutes with my first.

MEP923 · November 2013

With DS1 it was about 14 minutes and he was almost 9 lbs.

secret214uWed28879 · November 2013

about 5 min and 2 or 3 pushes with all three of my sons

leahraewku · November 2013

rach10782 said:

2.5 hours with my first because of his huge head. He also managed to snap my tailbone on the way out. That was probably the worst part because it took almost 8 months to heal.

Whaaaaaaat?!

I've never heard of anything like this! Are you trying for another vaginal birth or a scheduled c-section this time? I would imagine that last experience was pretty traumatizing.

KFiori1 · November 2013

30 minutes with DS, 5 with DD1.

ugoglencoco · November 2013

With ds1 I pushed 4 times. It was a total of about 5 minutes from the time I told my husband to get the nurse because I was feeling off and a lot of pressure to the time he was in my arms. When the nurse checked his head was practically out lol... We will see what happens this time! I don't think it could ever be that easy again!!

lifesaverz · November 2013

I'm a FTM & really really hoping that I won't have to push for crazy long. Now that said, our Bradley teacher told us that if you push super hard/fast, you're more likely to tear, so to not be afraid of taking it a little slower. I found that really helpful to think about, so just thought I'd pass that along.