how long were you in labour for?

Danielle - posted on 03/27/2010

22 1/2 hours with 5 hours of pushing failed vacumn and then he was finally here with help of forceps it was long but i was glad becuase it gave my body time to build into the contractions

Leigh-ann - posted on 03/27/2010

15 mins with my first, with my second my midwife told me how to deliver her myself if I found myself on my own. I was ok in the end although it was 9 mins long. that is it for me no more! lol..

Danika - posted on 03/27/2010

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omg thats a long time and such a big healthy baby, my hat is off to you.

Whitney - posted on 03/27/2010

my first son wasa induced and there was 8 hours between me arriving at the hospital and me having him. my second son i had him two hours after arriving at the hopital. i would say maybe 4hours total. maybe 20mins after my water broke

Danika - posted on 03/26/2010

both my labors were induced early due to pre-eclampsia, the first was four hours from the moment i had my waters broken until she was born. i pushed for 45 minutes and she kept slipping back in.
the second baby was induced by gel and i was contracting for 8 hours until they realized my baby was in distress and i hadn't dialated at all- emergency c section and my baby was born very quickly but wasn't responsive or breathing for 6 minutes. she is almost 1 and totally perfect now.

Kristin - posted on 03/26/2010

I was in labor with my first daughter for 8 hours and 35 minutes... I know if sounds like a long time.. but it was nice... I slept pretty much the whole time.. and with my second daughter I was in labor for 3 hours and 13 minutes...

Beth - posted on 03/26/2010

With my son, who came a month early, I was in labor 14 hours. With my daughter, the doctor induced on Wednesday morning and she was born on Friday afternoon, so 3 days.

Chavon - posted on 03/26/2010

Around 12 hours of active labor and I think I only pushed for about 45 minutes.

Melissa - posted on 03/26/2010

ihave 4 kida and were about 6-7 hrs

Rica - posted on 03/26/2010

i was in labor for 17 hourss... it wass absolutlyy horiblee.

Bree - posted on 03/26/2010

Both times they had to break my waters though, even though one labour was induced and one was spontaneous.

Bree - posted on 03/26/2010

First I was two weeks over and induced, had a 31-hour labour with C-section in the end for a 7lb 13oz baby boy. Second bub I went into spontaneous labour eight days over, had a 16-hour labour with a forceps delivery and episiotomy for a 9lb 11oz baby boy. Next time, who knows ... not too keen on another forceps/episiotomy delivery though, much prefer a Caesar to that...

Regina - posted on 03/26/2010

when my water broke i didn't have contractions but went to the hospital because it was my 1st....about 7 hours later my daughter was born! At 9:20pm i started pushing about 8 pushes later, at 9:45 she arrived!

Courtney - posted on 03/26/2010

With my first child I was in labor for 24 hrs and dialated to an 8 and ended up having a C- section. My second child I went in 4 days before my scheduled C-section with labor symptoms and they said I was only a 2 so they sent me home I ended up being in labor with him for 4 days and 12 hrs it was horrible finally I went in and they saw I was at a 9 so they did an emergency C-section he was born a week before the scheduled C-section

Shari - posted on 03/26/2010

With my last child, I was a high risk pregnancy so the doctor wanted to let things progress on their own. I was in active labor 21 DAYS with contractions 6 minutes apart. I had to go to the hospital twice a day (morning & evening) to be monitored. At the end of this exceptionally long labor, I delivered naturally a 10 lb 8 oz, 23" long healthy baby boy!

Allison - posted on 03/26/2010

started at 5.30am feeling lil cramps and bleeding a lil, no water breaking until in active labour and was manually done.
went into hospital at 8.30pm, but still wasn't in active labour, then finally got sent into the delivery room at about 1am? so that's when i was in active labour...pain was terrible, then delivered at 5.15am pushing was only 5mins easey peasey. it's only the active labour bit that's hard. and that's the long one too

Tristan - posted on 03/26/2010

first and only child: born under induction at 3 weeks early, with only a softening ribbon of servadil (no need for pitocin) - labour was 1 hour and 36 minutes, start to finish (15 minutes of that was pushing).
birth was drug free. wish i could say the same for my "recovery", which was brutal (1/2 an hour to bond and feed my son, then i was put promptly on mag sulfate - worst 12 hours of my life - terrible).

Veronica - posted on 03/26/2010

i was in lalabour for 23hrs and my baby was getting distressed so they advised an elective c-section. hopefully it will be different when i'm ready for my second

Kris - posted on 03/26/2010

1st was a little boy, water broke at midnight started pushing at 5:00 and delivered at 6:30. He was 1 week over and 11 lbs even. 2nd was a little girl, water was broke by doctor at 3:30. I pushed once and she was delivered. The doctor told me not to push because he was not ready.

Elizabeth - posted on 03/26/2010

With my first child, I went into labor at 9 am Thursday morning, and she was born at 11:59pm Monday night, with my son I was in labor for 2 days.

Jeanie - posted on 03/26/2010

This mom asks PLEASE don't end a sentence with a preposition:-) I was in labor for 10 hours with my first baby and 2 hours with the second! 2 hours was enough!!!

Cassandra - posted on 03/26/2010

Mine was 12 hours. I pushed for 20 minutes.

Amanda - posted on 03/26/2010

I could of only wished for 12 minutes. First child came 2 weeks early and we spent 32 hours of natural labor....thought he would never make it into the world. My 2nd child was 2 weeks over due and after being enduced and medication she arrived in 7 and a half.

Roxy - posted on 03/26/2010

My son was 2 weeks early and I was in labour for 58 hours and wasnt aloud any pain medication. I hope next time for it to be less

Charlotte - posted on 03/26/2010

With my last one, I was in labor for 2hrs 17mins. It was the easiest delivery I've ever had.

Gretchen - posted on 03/26/2010

seven times I went through labor. 1st one was 24 hours, second was 26 hours, third was ten hours, fourth was seven hours, fifth was four hours, sixth was 12 hours, and the seventh was ten hours again. The last one, though, I only pushed once and she sailed out!

Angela - posted on 03/26/2010

I was in labour for just ovr 24hrs with first child before they cut me open to have him the other 2 after him were elected c sections because I can not have them natural

Mae - posted on 03/26/2010

I just made it to hospital before I had my third child. ONly 15 mins. Never had long labour.

Kathy - posted on 03/26/2010

17 1/2 hours labour from when my water broke to emergency cesaerian.

Dawn - posted on 03/26/2010

With my first one (boy) 18 hours, including push time. My second one (girl) 6 hours, including push time.

Claire - posted on 03/26/2010

For me, just over 15 hours from the time my waters broke to the time I pushed him out. Mind you, I didn't have proper contractions for around 2 hours after my water broke and then it took about 1 1/2 hours of pushing but so worth it.

Stacey - posted on 03/26/2010

3 hours labour and 10 minutes to push him out

Kim - posted on 03/26/2010

for 7 labours...a total of 22 hours!

Shayla - posted on 03/26/2010

lucky you. i was in labor for 35 hours and i pushed for 30 minutes but i had an epidural thankfully because my doctor had to cut me to get her out.

Alyx - posted on 03/25/2010

I was induced because I lived an hour away from where I gave birth and I was in labor for 4 hours and it took me about 20 minutes to push! It was a very pleasant birth after I got the epidural (which I only got to enjoy for 30 mins) lol

Peita - posted on 03/25/2010

1st - in active labour for 38 hrs, 8hrs of that was pushing and ended up with an epesiotomy and forceps delivery and a 9lb 6oz baby boy!
2nd - 6 1/2hrs active labour - pushed for 3 contractions and had a 8lb 3oz baby girl 1 week early!
3rd - 1hr 15mins active labour and out in 3 pushes again!! Had a 7lb 9oz baby girl, but I was induced 3 weeks early due to pre-eclampsia!

Chantelle - posted on 03/25/2010

I was in labour for 4 hrs delivered in a half hr..

Barbora Milena - posted on 03/25/2010

contractions from 12p.m., at 3pm my water broke n from 8 p.m. pushin for 1 hour, she had the umbilical cord twice round her neck so every time i pushed she went back in... no anesthetic, no epidural, just hot shower n big bouncing ball... i thought it would be worse, but i could stand the pain... my mum had first labour in 3hrs from begginin to the end n the second one in 90min :-D

Jeri - posted on 03/25/2010

wow that was fast! I was in labor for 17 1/2 hours before something went wrong and i had to have an emergency C-section...

Nicole - posted on 03/25/2010

when i was admitted in the hospital i was in labor there for 17.5 hours. all together i would say almost 24 hours! but it wasn't bad at all. no pain or nothing. i had such an easy labor. thank goodness, because i had a really bad pregnancy rash for 2 months that drove me a-wall

Gina - posted on 03/25/2010

Almost 20 hours of labour, and about 20 minutes of pushing. First baby too. :)

Kelly - posted on 03/25/2010

10 hours 35 minutes of active labour...this was after a week of slow labour! either way...take the epidural!!

Alina - posted on 03/25/2010

Son - 17 hours and four minutes; daughter - 5 hours. No drugs with either, and I never pushed more than five pushes - it was the easy part for me. Labor is PAINFUL, but it didn't hurt as bad as I thought it would.

Rachel - posted on 03/25/2010

from 1st pains to my little boy(2nd child) arriving was 3 hours, and he was 10 days over and weighed in at 10lbs. but with my little girl (1st child) i was induced and it took bout 8 hours, 2 weeks over and weighed in at 8lbs 13 ozs

Karen - posted on 03/25/2010

yes, they say he would have been a good 10 or 11 bls if i had gone full term

Chelle - posted on 03/25/2010

wow! 6lb at 8weeks early!!... my nephew was 5lb 5oz and was over due 2 days

Karen - posted on 03/25/2010

Hi with my first i was in labour for exactly 4 hours and he was induced 8 weeks early and still weighted 6 bl's, the second one i was in labour for 2 hours and the other 4 were all 10 minutes flat. from first contraction to birth.

Melissa - posted on 03/25/2010

18 hours of labor, then a c section!

Jennifer - posted on 03/25/2010

43 hours

Brandi - posted on 03/25/2010

5 days with my daughter .
With my son I went into Preterm Labor and stayed in Labor [ on Medication to stop it or ease it ] until I had him at 36.5 weeks.
Both C Sections. I do not deliver on my own . No water breaking or Dialating . Pelvic bones to narrow.