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How did the length of you second labour compare to first?

42 replies

PSL1990 · 05/02/2020 16:07

How did the length of you second labour compare to first?

OP posts:
guineapig1 · 06/02/2020 22:07

From being sure I was in labour to holding the baby:
Dc1: 34 hours
Dc2: 4 hours
Dc3: 2 hours

PoppityBoo · 06/02/2020 22:10

Dd1 5 hours
DD2 2.5 hours

DramaAlpaca · 06/02/2020 22:12

DC1 21 hours
DC2 12 hours
DC3 5 hours

DrWAnker · 06/02/2020 22:15

18 hours
9 hours

firesong · 06/02/2020 22:22

40 hours
35 mins

Chasingsquirrels · 06/02/2020 22:25

Dc1: 2 hours
Dc2: 15 mins

El2El · 06/02/2020 22:27

Dc1: 5 days from first contraction to holding her.
Dc2: 10 hours.

Mummylanie3 · 06/02/2020 22:29

Ds1 37 hours - c section
Ds1 1 hour 50 mins
Ds2 9 hours forceps

Dinosaursdontgrowontrees · 06/02/2020 22:30

Dd: 3 hours
Ds: 45mins

kayakingmum · 06/02/2020 22:34

DD 17 hours (from when waters broke to holding baby).
DS 7 hours.

Pilot12 · 06/02/2020 22:36

DC1 14 hours
DC2 8 hours

Bohomie · 06/02/2020 22:38

Dc1 5hours
Dc2 3 days ending in emcs

TooGood2BeTrue · 06/02/2020 22:39

6.5h
7h

BobTheDuvet · 06/02/2020 22:42

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SnowsInWater · 06/02/2020 22:44

DC1 17 1/2 hours
DC2 5 1/2 hours
DC3 30 minutes

daisydalrymple · 06/02/2020 22:45

Dc1 14 hours
Dc2 7 hours
Dc3 1hr 15 mins
All back to back babies all VB G&A

Tormundsbeard · 06/02/2020 22:46

DD1 5 hours
DD2 3 hours

MrsPworkingmummy · 06/02/2020 22:48

Dd1: 11hours, fab labour. Pushing took about a minute. Couldn't have wished for a better birth.

Ds2: 93 minutes, start to end. Again, a wonderful labour.

wonderstuff · 06/02/2020 22:49

DC1 12hours
DC2 5 days (but only 7 in continuous active labour, it kept starting and stopping but my cervix was dilated 5 days before birth)

EyeDrops · 06/02/2020 23:15

Both children around 30 hours. Second felt a hell of a lot longer and more frustrating, though, and ended with EMCS. I think active labour was around an hour longer with the second birth, and I felt every minute of it!

ButterfliesandMoths · 06/02/2020 23:21

Dc1 8.5 hours
Dc2 2.5 hours

SingingSands · 06/02/2020 23:28

1st: 24 hours
2nd: 4.5 hours

We3kingsoforientareandabump · 06/02/2020 23:57

34 hours
13.5 hours
Next two were sections

Mammyloveswine · 07/02/2020 00:38

Dc1 active labour 9.5 hours... dc2 active labour 2 hours

argueifnecessary · 07/02/2020 00:54

DD1: Active labour 6hrs but really 18hrs from first contraction.
DD2: Active labour 30mins, but all together 6hrs.
I should add they both really started 2-3 days beforehand with intermittent painful contractions.

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