What was your 3rd labour & birth like?

[Jen_H]

Lovely to read this thread for some reason I have it in my head number 3 is going to be the worst! My fear of labour has really kicked in over the last week, I don't really know why since I've had 2 very quick, early and straight forward deliveries.
I'm currently petrified number 3 is going to be massive, overdue and very long arghhhhh. I loose sleep over this at the moment to!!
I hope we all have a lovely, quick and straight forward 3rd! x

 

[kaths101]

Lovely to read this thread for some reason I have it in my head number 3 is going to be the worst! My fear of labour has really kicked in over the last week, I don't really know why since I've had 2 very quick, early and straight forward deliveries.
I'm currently petrified number 3 is going to be massive, overdue and very long arghhhhh. I loose sleep over this at the moment to!!
I hope we all have a lovely, quick and straight forward 3rd! x

I hope so, all we can do is think positive and look back at the first two! The odds are in our favour I think! My baby number 2 was overdue and massve and honestly it was fine. It's nothing to worry about! X

 

[krystalemery]

Been a while since any posts, so just wondering how you're all doing?

I'm now 21 weeks, had detailed scan 4 days ago but couldn't tell the sex as baby laying awkwardly so got a lovely surprise coming in August

Xx

 

[30mummyof1]

Im hoping no'3 will be quick and easy at home!
my 2nd birth was much quicker than the 1st but more painful. ds1 took about 13hrs of labour, 2 of which was pushing. ds2 was around 4hrs and 8 mins of pushing!

 

[krystalemery]

A home birth sounds lovely, something that's always interested me but I've never had the guts to do it! I've always felt a lot more safer and comfortable in a hospital for some reason.

Hope it all goes smoothly for you how long do you have left til baby's arrival?x

 

[30mummyof1]

I chickened out with ds2, but this time I have found a local group and I think that has given me extra confidence.

About 11wks left x

 

[FlowerFairy]

I had my 3rd at home and it was the easiest, most wonderful labour and birth of all 3. No pain relief used at all. Baby was born 3 hours after first pain and came in 2 pushes. She was a good size too at 8lb 6oz. Just waiting for no. 4 now and hoping for a replay!! Xxx

 

[SparklesHeart]

Mine have got quicker and easier! I try to stay as active as I can literally until pushing! Mine have all been almost 10lb'ers!
You'll do great!

 

[goddess25]

1st- around 12 hours ended up in OR for c section however ob did some final checks and got him out with forceps.

2nd- around 3 hours, pretty perfect.

3rd - 2 hours of labour, had a home birth. Pretty perfect.

Good luck

 

[goddess25]

Oh and all decent weights, 9lb, 7.5lb, 10lb

 

[mum140381]

quick and easy

 

[MummyToAmberx]

My third was odd! I had long latent phase like #1 Which was 24hrs. I then had contractions as strong as they were at transition with #2. In the end it was only 3hrs. 5cm to delivery in 27mins

 

[krystalemery]

Thanks for all the replies

Definitely feeling a lot more confident about the labour and birth of number 3 after reading all your reassuring posts haha! Well done to you ladies on the home births too! I still don't feel confident enough to try it, maybe one day though

Feeling very excited now, found out we are expecting another girly 2 weeks ago! Can't wait. 15 weeks left!x

 

[DanteRoman]

Mine got easier,
1st was terrible 9 days overdue, forceps, ventouse and 30 hours. 8lb 9oz

2nd induced, but very easy 5 hours start to finish, 30mins of pushing. 8 lb 2oz
3rd lovely long first stage but from bad contractions about 4 hours and 5 minutes pushing 7lb 8oz

Hoping for a homebirth for number 4, and a nice easy delivery x

 

[krystalemery]

Out of the 2 I've had my 2nd was the easier one so here's hoping number 3 is even easier lol.

first baby was 8 days overdue, had to be cut & have ventouse delivery, 2hr 50min from first contraction to birth. He was 8 lb 3oz.

second was 7 days overdue, no assisted delivery, no cut/tear all natural, 2hr 23mins from first contraction to birth, she was 9 lb 8oz.

hoping number 3 will pop out quick with no problems like number 2 😁 xx

Mine got easier,
1st was terrible 9 days overdue, forceps, ventouse and 30 hours. 8lb 9oz

2nd induced, but very easy 5 hours start to finish, 30mins of pushing. 8 lb 2oz
3rd lovely long first stage but from bad contractions about 4 hours and 5 minutes pushing 7lb 8oz

Hoping for a homebirth for number 4, and a nice easy delivery x

 

[aimee-lou]

DS1 was a complete nightmare! lol He took nearly 2 full days (43 hours) to get here in the end and I think had I been anywhere but a birthing centre they would have had me in theatre but we got there eventually. I remember I got to transition and fell asleep which was amazing - I laid on the bed and closed my eyes for over an hours and woke up and started pushing lol. I also needed to learn how to push - his hand was up by his face when he was in the canal which squished him in and so he took a lot of effort. I was pushing for 33 minutes in the end but he finally popped out after I got angry and really put some welly into it! 9lb6oz

DS2 was completely different. I was in slow labour for 3 whole days then got a sweep. Labour started in earnest after a second sweep at the end of day 4! He eventually arrived after 5 hours of active labour. I don't remember pushing - my body did it's own thing. He slid out of me with an audible 'pop' weighing 10lb14oz!

DS3 was an unknown quantity. I was told to expect anything from a repeat of DS1 to an unplanned home-birth! lol In the end it was like reading a text book. Contractions gradually increased over a space of about 4 hours. At this point I went to hospital and my waters broke. Baby shifted (could see him move into position which was cool but weird lol) and I delivered him with 5 pushes. Was 8 hours from the first contraction to him being here. He weighed 8lb10oz and was a bit skinny with a very large head!

Of the 3 I would say that DS1 was the most painful, DS3 was the most intense as I did the most work in the shortest space of time with him, and DS2 was the easiest actual birth but I would never want to go through that slow labour bit again.

 

[MrsStutler]

I love reading all the experiences! Our third is coming the end of August and I am the most freaked out about this one! My first two were awful labors, induced and very long. I'm really dedicated to trying to avoid induction this time so I'm hoping for a faster and easier labor just from that.

 

[krystalemery]

Both of my other 2 pregnancies were bad, I had e coli low iron reactions to medication etc spent a lot of time in hospital having all sorts of tests and monitoring.

This pregnancy seemed to be going a tad too well I thought, 31 weeks I made it without anything apart from bad hips... Just my luck I go to midwife and yet again have e coli and low iron and all the other problems that came with. But this time much much worse...

Ended up in hospital for 5 days with aggressive septicaemia!

Let's hope this labour compensates for it and I have another brill quick 2 hour labour haha last thing I need is a crappy labour to match the pregnancy xx

 

[dan-o]

1st back to back induced with pessary, didnt turn, tore lots of bruising. Estimated 3hr established labour 10 mins pushing used gas and air from about 6cm

2nd spontaneous 3 hour labour, gentle allowed to come on his own, had some gas and air at transition but didn't really need it, wonderful experince

3rd waters went preterm, had drip, probably overstimulated, baby came out much too fast despite me trying to slow down, NEEDED gas and air at transition to stay sane then retained placenta and manual extraction with spinal block in theatre! (Yuck!)

All 3 were similar in that they were all active labours, speedy when established and all in hospital on an antibiotic drip (group b strep)

 

[Josefin]

1: 24h and pushed for 46 minutes. 42w2d
2: 5,5h and pushed for 1 minute. 40w3d.
3: 9h and pushed for 2 minutes. 40w4d.
All started with contractions.
The second was the easiest and also the smallest baby. Had about 18 months between each baby.