How long was your first labour?

[kelly2903]

i started at 1am ish and i was 5cm at 4am or around that so about 17/18hours it starts from 3cm that is established labour i think xx

 

[nov_mum]

2.75hrs for my first and 1.5 for my second

 

[babyhopesxx]

Waters broke at 2.30am, my son was born at 2.55pm - so just shy of 12.5 hours

 

[hellypops]

12 hours established with ds and dd,pushed for 2hrs with both too....i'm hoping my next labour is a bit shorter!

 

[babyd0310]

I was having contractions on and off for 4 days..but finally went into full labour at 10pm the sunday night and had DD at 14.08 the next afternoon, so 16 hours! Hoping the next one will be easier!

 

[meow951]

Had contractions 3 minutes apart from the start which was 6am and gave birth at 11:50am so just under 6 hours. I wasn't examined until right at the end due to meconium etc so don't know how dilated i was at the beginning.

 

[AimeeM]

First labour was 18 hours, second was 12. That's from established labour, over 3cms.

 

[Kess]

Just shy of 11 hours.

 

[snowangel187]

I was checked into hospital at 11am to be induced. The monitors said I was having contractions tho I couldn't feel them. I delivered at 8:20pm. So technically 9hrs20mins.

 

[happygal]

i was having mild contractions through the day but i count it from when my water broke and things got painfull lol. my waters went just as the 10 o'clock news was starting on saturday and my son was finally born at 4.42 monday morning x

 

[Lucy22]

About 9 hours

 

[aliwnec10]

7 hours total from start to finish. however what took the longest was waiting for the epidural to wear off a little before pushing. So if i hadn't gotten the epidural at 8cm's, i think it would have been 5 hours.

 

[Justagirlxx]

18 hours... ugh. was in early labor for about 6 hours, so about 12 hours of active labor.

 

[bubbles]

My first was down as 54hrs! My back waters went on wednesday at 7am I was then induced on the friday at 7am and finally gave birth friday at 1pm -ish and I had contractions every 5mins through out. The hospital failed to notice my son was back to back which is why I didn't progress naturally

My second was 6hrs 10min. She was very easy although induced again because they were worried about a bleed I had (placenta praevia?)

 

[Ju_bubbs]

7 hours for my first

 

[ohbananas]

I was in early labor (0-4 cm) for 48 hours, lol, then active labor (4 -10cm) for 6 hours.

 

[Miss Wright]

From first contraction to birth - 44 1/2 hours but from official established labour, about 14 hours

 

[emzky90]

4 hours 24mins altogether the24mins were pushing- that wswith induction at 41weeks

 

[mummykcc]

In total 4 1/2 hours, not sure how long they class as active labour...i got up just before midnight to go to the loo-saw that i had lost my plug then my waters went straight away. I was told to go to hospital-everything happened very quickly. I gave birth at 4:27am.

 

[xxEMZxx]

From first contraction 12 hours (waters broke about an hour and half before that), they let me stay in hospital from 3cm so my hospital notes say 8 hour labour but from being 4cm and actually in active labour 4 hours.