They say your labor gets shorter every pregnancy

[SparklesHeart]

All my times are from first contraction to birth,

Ds1 9 hours
Dd 7 hours
Ds2 2.5 hours! So really hoping no 4 isn't shorter!

Edit Ds3 22 minutes!!

 

[banana07]

DS1 was 19 hours from first contractions (waters broke 7 hours before that but no contractions) & DS2 was 15 hours from first contraction.

But once contractions got very bad DS2 arrived v quickly within 2 hours of getting to hospital DS1 was 12 hours from the very painful contractions.

Progressed so quickly in the end with DS2 (I went from 6cm to pushing with in 15mins!) I'll be camping outside the hospital from 38 week this time I think!

DS1 and DS2 were 8 years apart!

 

[goddess25]

First labour was 12hours but baby was stuck so it would have been much shorter. 2nd labour was around 4 hours, 3rd baby was 2 hours (home birth), for me it got shorter but I have a friend that had a very fast first delivery and each subsequent got much much longer.

 

[diz]

It's wasn't the case for me.

DS1 15 hours from first contraction
DS2 27 hours from first contraction

X

 

[Dolly84]

From waters breaking to being born was....
Ds=22 1/2 hrs
Dd=7 hrs
So I'm hoping as and when we have #3 that it will be even quicker 😬

 

[Tink1o5]

True for me too!

First 18 hours (induction)
Second 8 hours (natural)

 

[CormacksGirl]

My first was 35hrs from waters breaking to delivering, my second was 4hrs 45mins from waters breaking to delivering!

 

[calliebaby]

4.5 hours, 2.5 hours, 45 minutes

 

[bombshellmom]

4.5 hours, 2.5 hours, 45 minutes

Hoping I'm like you!!

 

[flowergirl7]

23 hours from water breaking I'm hoping this time is a little shorter.

 

[Kazy]

#1- 11 hours from water breaking
#2- induced- 5 hours from water breaking
#3- 8 hours from water breaking
#4- just under 2 hours from water breaking. She came with no pushes 6 minutes after arriving at the hospital!

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

4 hours with my first and around 1.5-2 hours my second

 

[lovejoy]

It does for me
1st 2 hours
2nd 44 mins
I refuse to have a 3rd lol

 

[mummytobe_93]

All my times are from first contraction to birth,

Ds1 9 hours
Dd 7 hours
Ds2 2.5 hours! So really hoping no 4 isn't shorter!

Edit Ds3 22 minutes!!

First active labour was probably 5 hours and pushing was 1 hour so total 6

2nd active labour was probably 15 minutes. He was born on our bathroom floor I did have slow labour before hand but wasn't too painful and was irregular. Waters broke and bam. Baby

 

[xprincessx]

45 hours with my first, 2 hours with my second - both induced.

Just a TEENSY bit shorter then

Scared to have a third!

 

[Buttercup84]

It was for me... I've had 2 inductions but labour took less time to get going and I was in active labour (4cm onwards) for much less time, 1h45m with DD2 compared to something like 8 hours with DD1! I've been told this time that if I go into labour myself to head to hospital when I first feel pains, not to wait for them to get really bad! You could be in for a very very fast labour this time

 

[MummyToAmberx]

1 - 27hr
2 - 6hr 20
3 - 3hrs

 

[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.

Updating to say my 3rd labour was 1 hour 1 minute

 

[Meredith2010]

My first labour was just under 2 hours. Second labour (12 months later) was offically recorded as 9 minutes - that was from being 2cm dilated to placenta delivered.

My third is due in 7.5 weeks..safe to say I'll be heading to a hospital the second I feel any kind of twinge! I would opt for a home birth but I'm not allowed due to being "high risk" (thyroid issues)

 

[Jessicahide]

I had my baby on Wednesday ( ) he was my fourth, i was in established labor for 5 mins... she broke my waters (1cm dilated) at 23:33 and he was born at 23:38 He was a bit shocked, the windows were open and there was a fan on in the room, so he ended up getting too cold... the midwife only just managed to get her gloves on, but she was drenched head to foot... ooops! So i would say they get quicker every time....