Curious how long women were in labor before giving birth...
2007-03-07 05:40:58 · 30 answers · asked by sunflower222 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
28 glorious hours. Well worth it though :)
2007-03-07 05:45:17 · answer #1 · answered by Chewie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It just depends. Usually with the first child it tends to be a bit longer and it also depends on if you are induced or not. With my first, I was in hard core labor for 23 hours (no drugs) with my second, maybe 2-3 hours and with my third and fourth child, like maybe an hour. Don't sweat it and don't be worried about it, every woman's body is different and if you focus on only the labor part of it, you are going to stress yourself out! Good luck!
2007-03-07 05:46:26 · answer #2 · answered by Olivia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My first pregnancy I went in and I was 8cm dilated,so I will say my active labor was about 3 hours but if I count the time when I started feeling back pains then it was about 13 hours.
My second pregnancy I was in labor for about 5 hours and the last 20 minutes was the absolute worse.
2007-03-07 05:51:21 · answer #3 · answered by redbone_lds 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually labor is early stage (0-4 cm) Active labor 4-10 cm. The third stage of labor is delivery and afterbirth (placenta). From start to finish i was in labor for 17.5 hours but labor and delivery is different for everyone. It could range from 3 hours to 24 hours or longer.
2007-03-07 05:47:30 · answer #4 · answered by Curious J. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on your definition of labor. Most drs define active labor as regular frequent contractions and being 4cm dilated.
Going from 1st contraction to birth, it was 23 hours for my 1st and 5 hours for my 2nd. If you look at active labor it was about 12 hours with my 1st and 2 hours with my second.
2007-03-07 05:55:02 · answer #5 · answered by reflux mommy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First baby (7.5 pounds): I realized I was in labor about 15 hours before giving birth. Second baby (9 pounds): about 4 hours.
2007-03-07 05:45:14 · answer #6 · answered by claireag 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was in labor 13 hours and 45 mins. It seems like a long time but it went by kinda fast.
2007-03-07 05:45:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first time, I was in labor for 36 hours (two weeks if you count from the time contractions started)
Second time, I was in labor 26 hours (once again nearly 2 weeks if you count from the time contractions started).
2007-03-07 05:45:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have never been in labor less than 12 hours....My first born was an emergency c-section after 24 hours of labor. My second was born VBAC after 12 hours of labor. My third was another emergency c-section after 13 hours of labor. I'm pg with my fourth and this one will be a scheduled c-section. my shortest labor ever....:)
2007-03-07 05:45:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
With my daughter, I was in labor for 26 hours
With my son, I was in labor for 16 hours (that one was the worst of the two!!!)
2007-03-07 05:46:08 · answer #10 · answered by Jenn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
from my very first contraction: 13 hours and 42 minutes
It seems like a lot but it's really not. the minute my water broke, it took me no more than 20 minutes to give birth. Its different for every women.
2007-03-07 05:45:12 · answer #11 · answered by bubuane2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋