Before ds2's birth I kept reading on here about people's experiences of labour after they'd reached 10cm, subsequent dc coming out in a few pushes/minutes (regardless of how long the 1st stage was). Is this usually true? In my case for ds2 the second stage was a lot longer and harder work than I was expecting, in fact 3 times as long as the first stage. Don't mean to blame MN for my unrealistic expectations .
Ds1's 1st stage was 3 hours, 2nd stage 1 hour.
Ds2's 1st stage was 40 mins, 2nd stage nearly 2 hours.
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Long second stage for 2nd or subsequent baby?
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JimmyMcNulty · 15/10/2009 21:59
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