How long did your labour last?

[michelle82]

Ok just a quickie since I'm due tomorrow and not sure what to expect please answer the above poll. Ta!

 

[Layla]

12 hours from start to finish with my daughter, 6 hours from start to finish with my son.

 

[Kim]

23 hours from my waters breaking but 19 hours from when the pain started. I have voted for 23 hours as thats what it says on my hospital notes. Active labour 12.5 hours

 

[SCARED MUM TO BE]

all the best michelle hope it goes well

 

I was in slow labour for a week - active labour (from 3cm dilated) was 5 hours.

 

[Sarah&Braydon]

well from start to end 8.5 hours but active labour 40 mins

 

[Hypnorm]

went in to labour midnight on sunday gave birth 6.30pm monday!

 

[emilia]

1st labour = 27 hours
2nd labour = 3 hours
3rd labour = 6.5 hours
Good luck Michelle - hope it goes quick and easy!
Emilia xx

 

[futuremum]

From start to finish 16 hours, first contraction at 4.30 am, gave birth at 8.31 pm, active labour was about 4 hours.


Good luck!!!!

 

[charlie_chalk]

with my 1st 6yrs ago i was in labour 8hrs start to finish

 

[Urchin]

First labour: 24 hours

Second labour: induced at 10 am, bored for hours, then went from 5cm to having baby in 40 mins!

 

[rach]

my first labour was 37 hours am really hoping this time will be a lot quicker xxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[Urchin]

my first labour was 37 hours am really hoping this time will be a lot quicker xxxxxxxxxxxx

I hoped the same and boy was it quicker! Hardly any pain at all until 5 cms, then 40 mins and 2 pushes later he was here!

 

[Kerry]

1st was 48 hours (not an option on your poll!!)
2nd was less than 2 hours.

This time I am hoping for something in between!!

 

[rach]

wow 48 hours and i thought i had it bad kerry less than 2 hours on 2nd sounds good though although having baby that quick didnt u go into shock or anything like that, my friend had her 2nd baby within 40 mins and went into really bad shock she was quite poorly xxxxxxxxx

 

[Kerry]

Yep, I would actually rather have the 48 hour labour again if I had to choose - I felt so bed after the quick one and I also dislocated my pelvis too as it was just too quick for my bones to stretch slowly and naturally so was in a lot of pain for months after.

Thats why this time I would like something in between........6 hours would be nice!!

 

[BubbleOne]

My waters broke at 1am.
My contractions started at 3.30am.
Got to hospital at 7am.
Started pushing at about 8.30am.
Phoebe arrived with no intervention at 11.05am.

 

[beanie]

Contractions started christmas day at 2.15am, Seren was born at 11.44pm on the 27th Dec. As the first 2 days were pre-labour (they said they wouldn't count it unless I was 5cm dilated and they seem to only have included the pushing bit on my labour report it says length of labour 1hr 55mins. Not having that, I felt every sodding contraction!!!!

 

[Kim]

It said on my notes I was pushing for 2 1/2 hours but it was 40 minutes cos I timed it. My health visitor said I must be mistaken cos I was out of it, but I most certainly wasnt out of it I remember every last detail!!