Birth trauma

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How long were you pushing for in second stage labour?

My son was large 10lbs and I had a home birth with 2 midwives present. It was my first labour.

First stage was reasonably quick, my second stage of active pushing was around 4 hours.

I've since come to realise how long that is!! Too long..?

I've become a bit worried and anxious about my son who is showing development delay with his social skills and speech/ language.. He's showing signs of sensory processing disorder.

Any other women on here have large babies delivered naturally? If so how was your experience? Traumatic? Utterly exhausting? Long recovery? How is your child?

Thanks x

My son wasn't big he was 7lb 2oz delivered at 38+3. In total I was pushing for around 3/4 hours.

I was pushing for about 1.5hrs and nothing was happening he was just there but kept bobbing away a bit.
He had that needle in his head to track his HB. He got in to a little bit of distress so I had to stop for an hour.

It's easy to put links together but if you're worried speak to your HV. Although, if your child does have some delays it's not necessarily caused by that.

Sorry forgot to add, I did end up with a second degree tear but healed quickly and fine. Slight discomfort from it for 2-4 days after. My son is nearly 2.5 now and is on track. I thought his speech was delayed but they said it's not but he is very clever. Not sure where he actually gets it from!