A Post For Ladies Who Have 3+ Children!

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I am currently 32+4 with baby #3 and everyone has been saying "oh your 3rd labour is always the worst!".. is this true and if so whyyyy??? I thought it would get easier not harder??🙄 like i wasn't already scared for labour! Now i definitely am..

My third was by far the easiest and quickest!
Woke up in a soggy bed (waters had broken)
Drove to hospital experiencing mild back ache.
Asked to provide a urine sample and whilst in bathroom got the urge to push!
Whipped off trousers, jumped on the bed and DD shot out like a rocket 10 mins after arrival at hospital!
Couldn't have been better (apart from maybe having some sort of waterproof sheet on the bed st home!
Don't listen to the scaremongers, you'll be fine x

My third was the quickest and easiest, but baby was very late when previous ones were on time!

My 3rd was a really positive experience. DC 1 was calm water birth 6 hours from first twinge. DC2 was too quick, born in a hospital corridor less than an hour after 1st twinge and despite people saying how lucky I was, how easy labour it was etc it really stuck with me and i kept replaying it. DC3 my waters went and we went straight to hospital. When my contractions started it was less than an hour to birth but was so calm and relaxed and I found it very empowering to overcome the 2nd birth.

My third was my worst I'm currently 14 weeks pregnant with my 4th and dread to think what this birth will be like. I must say my 3rd was also my biggest

My third was the weirdest and most intense and ok, the worst... but my friend K's third birth was her absolute dream and my nana would always talk fondly about how her third child just popped out. Third births are no more likely to be worse births.

I had my 3rd baby 6 months ago and completely freaked myself out during the last few weeks of that pregnancy reading labour horror stories! All of the midwives I spoke to said that 3rd babies are known as wildcard babies because their labours are so unpredictable (this did not provide me with much comfort). All I can tell you is that I have now had 3 completely different labours so in that sense they're all unpredictable! My 3rd was 6 hours long, completely manageable with gas and air, she got a bit stuck during the pushing stage (she was back to back and 9lbs!) but was ultimately born naturally with no assistance. 2 stitches and half a day later, we were home. Honestly, itll be completely fine, you've survived it before and you'll survive it again x

Third was easy but very quick. Had a surprise home birth due to how quick it was - hour and fifteen minutes from start to finish. I wouldn't worry about it.

Mintypea5 thanks very much that is helpful. Would anyone advocate the children going to stay with beloved relatives or would that make them feel cross towards their new sibling when they get home again? They will be 5 and 3 by then. Thanks

3rd was the easiest. I almost enjoyed it! No stitches. 2 and 4 were ok but 4 was back to back so had bad back ache. 2 I tore a bit as baby flew out.