How long where you in labor?

Question

I'm due any day now and I'm just wondering how long labor lasted for most people out there... Thanks!

Answer 1

Well, I was 2 days overdue so I was admitted into the hospital. I got there that afternoon around 4:00, I hadn't had any signs of labor at all. The doctor gave me cervidil around 8:00 that night. I started having contractions around 11:00 and had my little girl by 7:30 the following morning. So I guess I was in labor for about 8-9 hours which isn't that bad for my first one. I only pushed for about 45 minutes. Hopefully if and when I have another it will go the same, I couldn't imagine being in labor any longer than that!
Good luck and congrats!

Answer 2

Son #1 I was 2 weeks early according to the due date. My water broke at 1:30 in the morning. I woke up my husband up and he asked if he had time to take a shower? I said Oh sure Why not? I had not started the contractions yet. He could not find his wallet or car keys. It was a typical sit com event. We got to the hospital around 3am. I was admitted and started havin contractions around 4 am. I did not give birth until 1:30 in the afternoon. So I guess you could say 12 hours. They would not let me eat anything and I remember being very hungry. Every year on his birthday I won't let him eat until after noon. ( just kidding, but i do remind him of how hungry I was and I use guilt as much as possible while he is having breafast LOL)

i have 2 other children and they all went pretty much by the book

Answer 3

I was in prodromal labor for a week before both of my daughters' births. It really sucked. I had constant contractions that were pretty light, but every 5 minutes. They didn't dilated me more than 2-3cm. When the hard labor struck there was no warming up to it. I woke up in HARD labor. My hard labor lasted 11 hours for my 1st baby, 4 hours for my second.

Answer 4

I was told I was lucky with all 3 deliveries.
Here is how it went for me:
#1 had an epidural 8hr labor and delivery
#2 had an epidural 6 hr labor and delivery
#3 natural birth 21/2 -3hr labor and delivery

I hope that yours will be just as short.
They say your first labor and delivery is always the longest one and the ones after the first is always shorter.

Answer 5

My second pregnancy doesn't count--it was an emergency c-section, lol.

My first was very short...only 5 hours laboring and 30 minute pushing. :) Don't believe the horror stories you hear about first labors lasting 19 hours and all that. Of course it's true for some people, but not for all (like me!). :) Good luck to you and your little one.

Answer 6

Contractions started at 11am at home

Admitted into the hospital at 1:30pm

Broke my water at 4:30pm

REAL HARD labor started at around 4:31pm *smile*

I TRIED to go without an epidural until 7:30pm...so that was about 3 hours of hardcore labor....

Epidural at around 7:30pm....WOW....made a huge difference! (I recommend it!!)

Took a nice nap to wake up to be 10cm dilated...at 11:10pm...pushed for roughly 30 minutes and out came our son at 11:42pm!!!

Total hours of labor....I could say twelve....and this was my first baby....pretty amazing for a first with the 30 minutes of pushing....we also had a midwife....highly recommend that too if that is an option!!

Good luck!!

Answer 7

My labor with my son lasted from midnight when I had my first real contraction to 6:47 pm when he was born so almost 19 hours.

Answer 8

My labor was 2 hours and 15 minutes alltogether. I was at the hospital for about 90 minutes before my daughter was born.

Answer 9

I recently had my first baby. I started having contractions when I woke up in the morning, 2 days after my due date, but they weren't that painful. They got stronger throughout the day. I went into hospital at 4 to 5am the next day and my daughter was born at 6.45am.

Answer 10

I went into labor at 10pm on July 19th 1999 and had my son at 6:45 pm on July 20th.