Is it possible to push a baby out within 30mins?

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I'm currently 16weeks pregnant but as I have health problems I'm only allowed to push for 30mins when the time comes.

So I was wondering if it's possible?

With DC1 I pushed for 1hour and ended up with vontuse(sp), with DD I was able to push until DD was born but I don't know the time it took.
Both of them labours was before I got this illness so thos time it's really different.

Yes, my pushing phase consisted of 3 pushes.

Congratulation OWO.

I'm much more relaxed now. I really hoped it was possible. I am dreading getting an instrumental birth so hopefully I can do it within 30mins it is reassuring to hear it is totally possible, Thank you for all of the replies :o

Rikalaily I can't have an Epidural this time as I have a Shunt in the same area and the hospital where I'm going to deliver in doesn't have the right Anesthetist who knows about the shunt (well considering to my consultant), I am seeing the Anesthetist in December to discuss the birth in more detail and what happens when. :)

Dd was 1 hour
Ds1 20 mins
Ds2 10 mins
Ds3 8 mins at only 8 cm dilated!'

Tis possible, good luck!

DC1 50 mins
DC2 10 mins

Yes certainly
In fact on my antenatal group thread on here theres a post about how I'm going nowhere then really quickly after one saying hes been born

13:58:27 BRONZE UPDATE - going nowhere fast, fully dilated but the contractions have completely stopped

14:40:53 BRONZE UPDATE!!!!! Born 2.03

ds1 took 3hrs of pushing.

ds2 took about an hour.

ds3 took 3 pushes to less than 5 mins

ds4 no pushing he came out on his own into the birth pool!

dd a few pushes again, she was back to back as well.

so yes you can push a baby out in under 30 mins but only start pushing when YOU feel the urge to bear down and go with your body, try and be upright, kneeling or all fours, gravity is your friend!

Yes.

I did 20 minutes and 7 minutes.

I hear of women pushing for 2 1/2 hours and I think WTF is going on. They would be exhausted after all that but also, are they fighting against the natural urge to push as it isn't something you can stop when the time comes.

DS1 2.5 hours
DS2 2 hours
DD 5cm dilated... 7 mins later she was here (after 3 pushes)

Yes - I pushed DS (my first) out in exactly 30 minutes. On my knees though. Could never have done it on my back.

Congratulations OnlyWantsOne!!

My dd took nearly 2 hours to push out.

However, my ds flew out in 10 mins. I didn't push at all. The midwife was shouting at me to stop pushing and I was screaming back that I wasn't bloody pushing at all.

I went from 7 cm dilated to born in 10 mins. It was bloody painful though!

Third stage is the placenta .

Ds was 5 pushes, and out, dd was the same.

You've got a good chance of it being quick, given that it's your third baby.

I asked the midwife to break my waters when I was fully dilated, and dc3 practically surfed out immediately. I actually didn't realise he had been born - couldn't understand why the midwife told me to look behind me!

good luck.

yes, dc3 was out in about 3 pushes.

Yes, ds2 I only pushed once thinking maybe if I push a little the waters will break....and the baby shot out!

Yup - 6mins DS 4mins DD for me (no way in hell I could have survived longer than that!)

DD1 was forceps (keillands) so I didn't really do any proper pushing. DD2, I'm not sure how long the actual pushing was, but bearing in mind we arrived at the hospital car park at 6.20 and she was born at 6.45 it can't have been more than a few mins. I vaguely remember pushing REALLY HARD twice and out she came along with lots of poo yuk

Yes; I worked in medical records where details of labour were on mothers' case notes. In many cases, for second and subsequent babies, the second stage of labour was timed at 5 minutes.

Yep

DS1 - 2 hours pushing, ventouse to get him out.

DS2 - popped out on the 2nd push.

Yes, very possible. DD1 I pushed for over an hour then she was in distress, so forceps. DD2, about 10 minutes, max.

One very important thing - don't let them start timing the pushing stage until you feel the urge to push/realise you are pushing. Many women who have not been medicated (obviously epidural can interfere with this, etc) feel a pause between full dilation and the urge to push. Your body will want to push when it is ready. If they start timing from full dilation instead of when you want to push, you might lose a lot of your best window. Also, instinctive as opposed to coached pushing is likely to be more productive, especially when you have a proven history.

13 minutes. I'd had enough. I wanted that baby out now!

2nd baby, 18 minutes, 3rd baby 10 mins

So don't push. Women who give birth in comas don't.

The midwife put 2 mins-I think it was less! He was however my 3rd.

My first only took 2 or 3 pushes, my second about an hour but only because he was huge and back to back.