Second child, is is true what they say?

[SarahBear]

So in terms of it being faster, think about blowing up a balloon. If you blow up a balloon, deflate it, and blow it up again, it's easier and faster the second time because the balloon has already been stretched out once before. It's like that with labor too.

 

[Eleanor ace]

Not true for me, my first was 6 hours start to finish. Second was about 9 hours from 3cm to delivery.

 

[Beanonorder]

I really hope this one is faster! My first labour was 24 hours with two hours of pushing!

 

[petite ping]

True for me. But for DD2 my contractions stayed 10 minutes apart until my waters broke and I gave birth less than an hour later. The midwife said that I should have come much earlier (as it was a second child) and that I was dilated 9 cm.

 

[glitterfly]

It best go quicker... Not sure i could cope with a 2 day labour... I'd is my baby girl too much. Haha xx

 

[babylove x]

For me, absolutely.

With dd 1 I was in labor for 12 hours, pushed for 1 hour, water didn't break til 10 cm.

With ds 2 my water broke at a restaurant and I delivered naturally (not by choice )an hour and a half later after just 2 pushes.

 

[MrsMcK04]

My first was 12 hours and my second was 5.5 hours