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how long was your first labour?

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beasmum · 31/01/2006 21:26

Just wondering!

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podkin · 20/02/2006 13:59

ds - days and days...mini contractions started 1am on Wed, hind waters started leaking. Farted around like this until the Fri night when I decided it was time to go to hossie...Got put in a side room for another day. They were just about to induce me at 9pm on Sat night when the nurse decided to break the membranes properly. Full blown contractions by 11pm, born at 4.43am on Sunday.
dd - mini contractions started at about 2am on Tue, waters went at 4pm, dd born at 6.40pm.

skerriesmum · 20/02/2006 14:01

From first twinges to final push... about 5 hours.

joanna4 · 20/02/2006 16:51

Induced both times -
first time from induction to birth-36.5 hrs but felt twinges for 14 hours before birth.
Real contractions for about 25 minutes.
Second time induced 15 hours before birth contractions for last 12 minutes.

eve2005 · 21/02/2006 12:42

started getting mild contractions friday night, all day saturday, show saturday night, every 10 - 20 mins all day sunday, started coming every 4 mins at 9pm sunday went into hospital at 1am sunday night to be told i was half a cm so stormed off home, every 3-4 mins all night long, went in again at noon on monday to be told i was 3cm, cried, had my waters broken after another hour by kind midwife, which got me to 7cm by 2pm, babies heart rate started to drop as cord was round her shoulder so midwife had me push at 8cm to get her out. dd born at 14.53 and resuccitated by 15.00.

i think i win!

MuminBrum · 01/03/2006 20:36

One hundred and sixty-five hours!
I shan't be doing that again ....

jampots · 01/03/2006 20:39

mine was 62 hours culminating in an em c/s. My waters broke a week before my labour started though.

lilianna · 01/03/2006 20:57

ds1 3hrs 46mins
dd 5hrs 33mins
ds2 1hr 26mins

The painful one was ds2

Blondie79 · 01/03/2006 21:06

Induced - 12 hours

aprilmeadow · 02/03/2006 19:01

From first twinge to birth 17hrs.

FrannyandZooey · 02/03/2006 19:08

13 hours. Spent nearly 8 of them on my own Angry can you tell I still have 'issues' about it?

ja9 · 04/03/2006 21:46

from first twinge to birth was 19hrs.

i look back on it with such happy memories....

... it's funny that you forget the pain, even tho' everyone told you you would but you insisted you would never forget!!! in fact i find myself looking forward to next labour! Shock

dinny · 04/03/2006 22:12

5 hours. intense but easier than my 2nd.

Louly · 04/03/2006 22:32

So shocked at the amount of long labours, I was really lucky - 7 hours for my DS Smile

spidermama · 04/03/2006 22:34

7 hours.
Probably my easiest of the four.

mymama · 05/03/2006 10:01

From first contraction to actual birth was 7 and a half hours. Two and a half of that was pushing though as I was useless at pushing.

Adass · 07/03/2006 15:42

8hrs from being woken up by the pain! 2nd was even better - only 2 1/2 hrs!!

MumtoBen · 09/03/2006 21:38

13.5 hrs from 1st contraction including 4 hours pushing.

willow2 · 09/03/2006 21:52

44 hours

fob · 09/03/2006 21:56

one hour 30 mins
2 co-codamol and screamed the place down! Grin

tabitha · 09/03/2006 22:01

30 hours followed by a lovely post-partum haemorrage(sp). I felt like I'd been put through a mincer.

ChickenLittle · 10/03/2006 15:57

6 hours from waters breaking to him popping out!!

kateandfelicity · 10/03/2006 16:28

waters broke 6am saturday morning, then contactions started on their own at 2am Sunday, little dd born around midnight on Sunday... phew.

bubblepop · 10/03/2006 16:32

about 3 1/2 hours.

ChampagneandNappies · 10/03/2006 17:09

1st - 41 hours (6 days late)
2nd - 9 hours (4 days early)
3rd - 4 hours (10 days late)

Marne · 10/03/2006 17:10

8 hours.