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When and how long were your second labours?

31 replies

Bumblebeewine · 18/04/2019 21:18

Starting to get so impatient even though I'm not quite due yet. Just wondering when and how long your second labours were? I've heard horror stories of second labours being 45 minutes long (my hospital is nearly two hours away Shock) and need to know I'll get there in time!

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MrsBungle · 27/04/2019 23:05

Second baby was induced 4 days past due date due to waters breaking and meconium. They put the drip in and less than 2 hours later he was born!

DobbysLeftSock · 27/04/2019 23:07

Dd1 on her due date, 2hrs 45min.
Dd2 7 days over, 3hrs 20.

TheVanguardSix · 27/04/2019 23:07

From start of contractions to delivery, about 4 hours, maybe it was 5. That's about 20 hours shorter than DC1! DC3 was longer than DC2 though, so you never know. He was about 8 hours.

Woowee · 27/04/2019 23:11

DC1 - 5 hours 55
DC2 - 1 hour 50

PorpentinaScamander · 27/04/2019 23:18

1st labour was 40 weeks and 36ish hours
2nd labour was 41+3 and less than 2 hours

Heymummee · 27/04/2019 23:21

1st baby at 37 weeks and labour was 29 hours start to finish, 2nd baby at 39+5 and labour was an hour and a half - only 6 of those minutes were pushing ... it was quite a shock Shock

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