anyone dramatically earlier/shorter 2nd+ labours?

[MummyHunter]

My first (now 14) born on due date labour 6.5hrs
2nd (now 11) born 5 days late labour 6hrs
3rd (now 7) born 1 week late labour 5hrs - home birth
4th (now 2) born 1 week early (39wks) labour 2.5hrs - home birth

5th planned home birth again, hoping for a nice quick easy labour and delivery again just hope I haven't used up all my good luck on the others xx

 

[Gumpyttc5]

my first now 15 was born at 41+1 11 hours after waters suddenly broke 2 hours was pushing due to him being huge (10lb 71/2).

my second now 13 was born at 40+6 1hr 20mins after waters suddenly broke and first contraction. (8lb 3oz)

my third now 9 was born on her due date after 6hrs of irregular contractions, then sudden rom and she came out with the water no pushing needed. (8lb 5 1/2oz)

my 4th now 4 was induced at 38+1 due to size by breaking my water (cervix still slightly dilated from previous births). and was born 41 minutes later even though she got stuck (10lb 5oz)

 

[goddess25]

My first was 12 hours from start to finish and my 2nd was just over 3 hours.

 

[Guppy051708]

DS1 - Long, 30 hour labor (active labor , 9 hours of transition, 6 hours of pushing- he was born face up, hence the length and all of the evil back labor!). He arrived intervention free at 41+5.

DS2 - SHORT AND FAST! no back labor either! (thank GOD!) 1 hour 10 minutes from active labor (4CM)-baby. Total (from active labor to placenta birth) was 1 hour 20 minutes. No intervention. Only pushed for 15 minutes and as you can see transition had to have been short also had mild shoulder dyscotia and 1 nuchal cord, so probably would have been even faster if it wern't for that He arrived at 38+3.

So one took forever and was far more painful and he was 2 weeks "late". The second was super short and came 2 weeks "early".

So have hope! I cried and cried the second time bc i knew what to expect (or at least i thought i did ) i knew i wanted to go unmedicated and so i sobbed, but praise God the two labors were very very different! The only thing that was similar is that my water broke first BOTH times. With DS1 my water broke at 41+4 and active labor started immediately at a couple minutes apart. but it still took 30 hours. With DS2, my water broke at 38+2 but i didn't get into active labor until 31 hours later. Then when it actually started - BAM! baby!

 

[kaths101]

These timings scare me too, as my first was very quick and were 45 minutes from he hospital. Don't fancy delivering in a layby

 

[Mummy&bump]

Oh this makes me happy lol I was only 3 hours from start to finish with my so hopefully this will be a quick one as well lol xx

 

[kanga_n_kiwi]

First baby 12hrs,. second 8hrs, third 6hrs fourth 4hrs Fifth 2hrs Due in 4 weeks and think i might camp at the hospital since i live over an hour away...lol

 

[Bay]

First baby 12hrs,. second 8hrs, third 6hrs fourth 4hrs Fifth 2hrs Due in 4 weeks and think i might camp at the hospital since i live over an hour away...lol

Wow what a great trend lol.

 

[monkers1984]

My first a girl was born at 38 weeks - weighed 8lb10oz with 12 hour labour - water was broken my midwife in middle of labour - tore badly n 3 places

6 years later ......

My second a boy was born at 40+4 weeks - weighed 9lb 2oz -- waters went at home - 1hr later baby was born - no tears not even a graze!!

 

[Bats11]

My first dd was 6hrs, my second dd was 3hrs and this munchkin was 45minutes!! They got shorter and shorter for me!

 

[XJessicaX]

My first dd was 6hrs, my second dd was 3hrs and this munchkin was 45minutes!! They got shorter and shorter for me!

45 minutes!! What does that actually feel like? Although my labour was long (22 hours) it shot by! I think it took me 45 mins to have a shower! Did you make it to the hospital? Was it literally BOOM contractions and then a massive urge to push? Sounds fab as I just felt so tired by the end, would have coped better with a shorter labour but I guess it was a bit scary for you!

 

[nosocks]

this is a very nice confidence boosting thread!
I'm 39+2 and dreading going over...... and its all i can think is going to happen!
my first was 2 weeks over- 36 hours and I only got to 5cm's before having an emc for failure to progress. This time my doc wants to plan a c-sec if i go a week over and i'll be absolutely gutted if that happens. REALLY want a VBAC this time so just hoping that she makes an appearance soon.
My mum thinks that because I have a small gap (20 months) that should help to make it sooner and shorter...... fingers crossed.

 

[lawgrl]

I keep wondering if the span of time of when I had my first will make a difference in whether my labor will be faster this time. My daughter is 16...she was born eight days early and I was in labor for 36 hours. Here's hoping it makes no difference!!

 

[Bats11]

My first dd was 6hrs, my second dd was 3hrs and this munchkin was 45minutes!! They got shorter and shorter for me!

45 minutes!! What does that actually feel like? Although my labour was long (22 hours) it shot by! I think it took me 45 mins to have a shower! Did you make it to the hospital? Was it literally BOOM contractions and then a massive urge to push? Sounds fab as I just felt so tired by the end, would have coped better with a shorter labour but I guess it was a bit scary for you!

It was the best! because this time I chose the epidural

I was at home and once I started feeling the contractions getting closer & closer I went straight to the hospital, I was 4cm dilated when I got there, not long after that they administered the epidural and before I knew it I was pushing (3 big pushes) & she was out

Gosh 22hrs you poor thing

 

[1cre8tivgrl]

My 1st came at 41 weeks and my 2nd came at 37w2d.

 

[Guppy051708]

My 1st came at 41 weeks and my 2nd came at 37w2d.

OT but what part of Maine are you from? I live 1 mile from there!
:wave: from New Hampshire I live near Berwick.

 

[caggimedicine]

Not sure about dramatically shorter, but definitely dramatically short! My first labour was induced and took approx 4 hours. My second came on naturally and took 50 minutes (didn't even get to the hospital - had him in the car!).
As for earlier - my second was 3 weeks earlier than my first.

 

[Bay]

I can now answer this question

First labour was about 24hours, with 1 hour of pushing. Born at 37 weeks gestation.

Second labour I went from 2cm @ 5am to holding baby @ 10.30am. Baby was born in 3 pushes. Born at 38 weeks gestation.

 

[Sinead]

1st labour at 39.weeks - 37 mins.
2nd labour at 40+3 - 33 mins

the times are from being fully dilated as had no contraction pain prior to that!
Only just got to the hospital each time

 

[torch2012]

I was induced on all 3 but first was 4 hours 33 minutes, second was 4 yours 45 minutes but was different as he was stillborn and my last was 1 hour 45 minutes born in 1 push x