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Childbirth

Share experiences and get support around labour, birth and recovery.

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Original poster

if you had a really long first labour, how long was your second?

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juice · 31/01/2006 19:58

hope that title makes some sort of sense.
i had 30 hour labour with dd ending in emerg c sec. i am hoping to go naturally this time, but they wont let me labour more than 12 ish hours. so i am obviously hoping it will be a lot shorter than 30 hours .
so if you had a really long labour with first child , how long was your labour with 2nd child.

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pupuce · 31/01/2006 23:07

Juice -don't worry about how long they'll let you labour.... it all depends when you tell them you're in labour (also if you are doing/progressing well they will let you cartry on). And you are VERY likely to be in labour for far shorter time! It's all down to the fact that your body has already done it and stretched....
It is usually shorter and when it is longer it's because teh 1st labour was very short.

gingernut · 31/01/2006 23:12

1st: 50 hours from first pain, about 30 (?) in established labour.
2nd: 88hrs from first pain, 10 in established labour.

Long labours probably due to my small and rather flat shaped pelvis. Your outcome might depend partly on the reason for the section 1st time.

Chuffed · 01/02/2006 02:44

1st - 29hrs from when my waters broke 24hrs of painful regular contractions for dd ending in c-sec.
2nd - 4.5hrs from when waters broke and painful contractions vbac. (2hrs of that was pushing)

Total luck of the draw I was expecting an elective c but they didn't really have time.

corblimeymadam · 01/02/2006 19:11

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Tommy · 01/02/2006 19:15

first was 30 hours (was induced) and DS1 born with aid of forceps
second was 2 hours and 10 mins from first pain to DS2 whizzing out after 3 pushes

salsa · 01/02/2006 19:15

DS 47 hours and 13 months later DD 12 hours

chicagomum · 01/02/2006 19:18

1st was about 50ish hours (dd was presented back to back with the cord around her neck twice) end result was delivery with ventouse.

2nd was 10hours (dd was 10lbs)laboured drug free until 10cms dilated then was given epidural and taken to theatre for a c-section for various reasons, but was given one last chance to push (again with ventouse) and out he came.

pupuce · 02/02/2006 11:25

Supported (as a doula) a home birth yesterday.
First labour 44h - left mother and father quite distraught (I wasn't there)
2nd - 6h30 - easy peazy

juliab · 02/02/2006 11:31

First labour: 22 hours (induced), epidural, foetal scalp monitor (eek), ventouse, a zillion stitches
Second labout: 2 hours (I minute pushing!) no pain relief (no time!), a biggish tear
Third labour: 6 hours from first twinge, 2 mins pushing, no pain relief (didn't need it), no stitches, no tears. PERFECT!
And I'm quitting now while I'm ahead!

edodgy · 02/02/2006 11:49

First labour was 19 hours.
second labour was 40 minutes!

SalBrom · 02/02/2006 11:58

1st labour - 14hrs, ending in ecs for ftp (got stuck at 8cms and actually went backwards to 7cm), brow pres and op babe. Diamorph, 2x peth, synto, ecfm, on my back..... recipe for disaster!

2nd labour - home VBAC, 26hrs, very gentle and calm, pain relief was water pool, tens, G&A in stage 1 and nothing in stage 2&3, physological stage 3 took 5 mins!

Bugsy2 · 02/02/2006 12:23

First labour 20 hours, second about 1.5 hrs!!!! Fantastic.

pupuce · 02/02/2006 12:44

I've just done the maths...

27 replies.
Except for Nemo who had a very qucik first (90 mins), she had a slightly longer 2nd labour.
The rest (so 26) had a faster labour... and only 5 of those were 10h or longer. (10, 10h, 12h, 15, and 26h at home)

That should give you hope.

As a doula I always say to my clients you can dilate from 3 cm to 10 cm in less than 2 hours (for a second time baby). Seems very true !!!!!!!!!!!!!

blueshoes · 02/02/2006 12:55

pupuce, if my first labour was induced and I dilated to 4-5 cm with syntocinon before my e-cs, if I have a second child, would I be considered to go into labour first or second time? Any chance this will fall within the second (shortish) labour scenario?

Apologies if this is off thread.

gingernut · 02/02/2006 13:20

pupuce, were you going by established labour? Because as I said my second was overall much longer than first and first wasn't short (first 50hrs second 88hrs), although established labour was shorter with second (after 3 days of what would be called pre-labour i.e. my cervix wasn't dilating, not that the contractions weren't regular and painful). I know I am an exception though (and think I should have taken the elective section offered for my second).

mummyhill · 02/02/2006 14:18

DD - 24hr nightmare

DS - 6hrs

emmawill · 03/02/2006 07:17

1st labour 18 1/2 hours, 2nd labour 18 hours 25 mins.

pupuce · 03/02/2006 14:34

Blueshoes I would count you as a 2nd labour

uwila · 03/02/2006 20:33

Blueshoes, you are a second labor up to 4-5 cm. after that it is your first. I had a failed induction on my first baby and I asked this same question to the doctors when I was pregnant second time. This is what they told me.

blueshoes · 03/02/2006 20:45

whoopee, let the good times roll!

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