They say your labor gets shorter every pregnancy

[bombshellmom]

I was only in labor with DD for 3 hours, oh hell if #2 comes within a shorter amount of time!


Was this proven true for anyone?! Should I plan a home birth just in case lol!

 

[ellahopesky]

First labour was 6.5 hours, second was 4 hours and third was 4.5 hours

 

[Keyval]

Realistically I was in labor 72 hours with my first ha but from when my waters broke it was 14 hours. With my second it was 3 hours front when my waters broke

 

[hayz_baby]

Mine were 30 hrs 20hrs and 6hrs in that order. Generally speaking yes your second tends to be quicker than your first as your body has done it before. But like everything in pregnancy there is no hard and fast rule. If you had a quick labour first time you should have a back up plan/ consider a home birth so that if things do go quickly you and baby and prepared and safe.

 

[catty]

mine was 12 hours and then 3 hours, they are close in age which seemed to play a factor in that

 

[bombshellmom]

mine was 12 hours and then 3 hours, they are close in age which seemed to play a factor in that

How close in age are they?

 

[catty]

mine was 12 hours and then 3 hours, they are close in age which seemed to play a factor in that

How close in age are they?

theres 11.5 months between them x

 

[LoraLoo]

First was 72 hours 😒

Second 2hr 30 mins

3,4,5,6, 1hr 30 mins

 

[LockandKey]

first was 19 hours of active labor

2nd was 30 hrs of slow labor, and 6 hrs of active labor, so true for me, but I had over a day of contractions and plenty of time to get to the hospital

 

[Eleanor ace]

1st was 6 hours start to finish (from being checked and not dilated at all, not in labour and no contractions, to holding my boy)
2nd was about 9 hours 3cm - finish (I was dilated to 3cm for several weeks, labour may have been more than 9 hours, that's just when I started counting the contractions as contractions)
So for me it wasn't true. My mum's labours got shorter each time until her 4th, which was 40+ hours followed by a c-section, as opposed to her 3rd which was 1.5 hours.

 

[mum140381]

1st 12 hours +
2nd 4 hours
3rd 2 hours
4th 1 hour
5th 5 hours
6th 2 hours

 

[krystalemery]

My first was 2hrs 50min from first contraction to birth, second was 2hrs 23min from first contraction to birth.

With first baby I went to hospital after strong contrations 3 mins apart, they examined and said only 1 cm so go back home and try relax in bath etc, I wasn't even home half hour before I was in the car on my way back there! They examined me not even an hour after first examination and saw I'd progressed to 9cm!

Due number 3 in 6 days so I'm wondering if this baby will be quicker still or maybe take longer, who knows lol

Good luck x

 

[BunnyN]

First labour 38hrs total, second 23hrs. My MW said each labour tends to be about half the length of the last, but that is just in general of course.

You may have been joking about planning a HB but it could be a really good option for you? Like that you won't be stressed out about getting to the hospital in time.

 

[ParisJeTadore]

For me it was true. My first labour was 36 hours and my second (two years later) was 13. I should also say that my second labour was so much smoother, less painful and wonderful all around. It definitely made up for my traumatic first birth!

If your first was so short I would definitely get organized and keep a few options open.

 

[k4th]

First was 18 hours start to finish.

Second was 20.5 hours from waters breaking. But only 6 hours established labour. After my waters went I had erratic contractions that came & went for a while

 

[blessedmomma]

1st- 15 hrs
2nd- 8 hrs
3rd- 7 hrs
4th- 9.5 hrs
5th- 6.5 hrs
6th- 39 minutes
7th- 6.5 hrs
Has not been true for me, BUT everyone is different and every labor is different. I think there is a lot of factors that would need to be taken into account

 

[ClairAye]

My first was 38 hours and my second only 9 hours!

 

[Misscalais]

True for me.
41 hours, 22 hours and 9 hours.
That's from 1st contraction.
Active labour was 4 hours with my 1st two boys and anout 2 hours with my 3rd. I was only at the hospital 4 hours with my 1st 2 and 3 hours with my 3rd.

 

[seaweed eater]

Definitely seems to be true in general. My one friend had similar length first and second labors, but her second baby was posterior and it was actually a much harder labor, so with a smoother anterior birth it probably would have been shorter too.

 

[sixzigma]

True for me !
with DS1 from the time water broke to actual delivery took 20 hours
with DS2 from first contraction to actual delivery took 4 hours