Mums of two or more - were subsequent labours shorter than your first?

[clarsair]

As the title says.

Mine was pretty long and I think the exhaustion made things a lot harder so I'd really like to look forward to a quicker labour next time around!

 

[LoraLoo]

Yes, much shorter, had a really long labour with first, was in hospital 3 days before she was born. My others all arrived in around 1 hr 45 mins xxx

 

[jennijunni]

First induction that lasted 62 hours. 2nd, a little over an hour from first contraction until he was born. 3rd was a bit longer, about 12 hours from start to finish. 4th light contracting all day, when I got to 5 cent, she was born in less than an hour.

 

[lynnikins]

56 hours natural labor with ds1
under 8 hours induced labor with ds2,
this one will be a homebirth so will see how it gos i know im likely to be more relaxed in my own home

 

[noshowjo]

ist labour was 26 hours x second was about 1 hour 20 minutes haha he flew out , x

 

[Guppy051708]

oh thank God you posted this!!! I had a 30 hour labor with a posterior baby. Although back pain HURTS like the dickens, i def. think being ehausted and tired was harder than any of it. So im glad you posted this so i could gain some hope

 

[clarsair]

Blinkin 'eck, those are some fast labours, particularly compared to how long all your first ones were!

 

[clarsair]

oh thank God you posted this!!! I had a 30 hour labor with a posterior baby. Although back pain HURTS like the dickens, i def. think being ehausted and tired was harder than any of it. So im glad you posted this so i could gain some hope

Same here! Although LO was malpositioned, I don't think she was back to back. The exhaustion just made everything more scary as well as I felt totally out of control.

 

[hayley x]

had 2 38 week inductions. first active labour was 5hours 27minutes and the second active labour was just 40 minutes x

 

[clarsair]

had 2 38 week inductions. first active labour was 5hours 27minutes and the second active labour was just 40 minutes x

40 minutes?!! Good job you knew it was coming.

 

[poppy]

Definately! My first labour was a mammoth 27 hour odd active labour with nearly two hours pushing and my second labour was about five hours in total with only 14 minutes pushing!

Good luck, I hope it goes well for you.

xxx

 

[goddess25]

Yes. First labour was 12 hours and 2nd was 3.5 hours.

 

[emzky90]

EEE hope when I have the next one that its shorter then. I only had a 4hr labour with 24mins pushin !

 

[Lawhra]

I was induced with both.

First son - waters broken for me at 41+6, an established labour 7 hours 7 minutes.

Second son - waters went at 38 weeks on Saturday 16th July, induced late PM on Sunday 17th July. Established labour 48 minutes.

 

[jackiea85]

First time was about 9 hours in total (2 of those were pushing!), second time was 1 hour (but I was induced) x

 

[silver_penny]

first was 10-12 hours, second was 3 1/2 hours

 

[louisemarie]

First was about 5 hours , although i must say 2 hours of it were spent at home i thought i had some kind of sickness bug , i couldn't get off the toilet either (lovely i know)

2nd was about 3 hours , 3rd was 2 and a half hours

Maybe my fourth bean will be an hour ..... that would be nice!

 

[sarah0108]

my first was 36hrs and second was 18hrs

 

[Blah11]

This is a nice read! My first was 15 hours from waters breaking, prob only 12 hours established and active. Would love this one to be under 10.

 

[Treelo]

Yes. My 1st labour was 5 hours, my 2nd was 1hour 40min. Fingers crossed for another fast labour this time.