Anyone here have experience of a fast labour?

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Did you have 3-4 hours, or less, of active labour?

I didn't realise my last labour was considered "fast" until Midwife at first booking appointment told me. So it took 4 hours or slightly less from being 2cm then feeling the urge to push, pushing actively and DD being born. This after 2 days painful contractions and no sleep. I did feel traumatised by the birth, upset at not having had any pain relief (entonox didn't work). Only when I understand that it was a "relatively fast labour" does it all make sense. Now due in a few weeks knowing its going to be even shorter am trying to plan and prepare better this time...

So, if you knew you'll have a fast labour in advance, what would you do differently? Or did do, in subsequent births?

My 1st was around 12hrs.

My 2nd was 47minutes from 1st contraction to baby in my arms!
Unplanned homebirth, the ambulance crew hadn't even arrived so my OH had to deliver her and they turned up 10mins later. So scary!

I'm worried about having another, what if I'm alone!

Did anyone else have a massive "high" after fast labour?

My 1st was 4 hrs, my 2nd less than 2hrs from first contraction to birth.

I was totally high , I felt like superwoman an felt I could have climbed a mountain. Could not sleep for 24 hrs, then sort of came crashing down...

Did anyone else have that?

Zombie thread.