For Mothers only...
By Tatsuya
@Tatsuya (1149)
United States
November 12, 2006 7:24pm CST
How long were you in labor for? My first I was in labor for 6 1/2 hours, and my little one was 35 minutes.
10 responses
@steffylikewoah (1762)
• United States
15 Nov 06
Well. Psh.. I was in labor for 8 hours with NO meds. We were waiting on the epidural lady to show up and the baby went into distress. They didn't have time to do anything so I was rushed into an emergency c-section. So I got 8 hours labor no meds AND a c-section. Yay for me. :( I'm STILL mad at them hahahaha.
@bishu_sinha (1457)
• India
15 Nov 06
I have no experience, sorry for that, but tell me the robale cause these time variation.
@meshellrose (286)
• United States
13 Nov 06
My first was 32 1/2 hrs, my second was 17 hrs..they were also 8 1/2 lbs and 10 lbs and no way do I want any more..I'd end up with a 12 lbr..lol
@mommaof3girls (12)
• United States
13 Nov 06
My first labor was about 7 hours, the second was about 5 hours and the third... well I don't really know! LOL I was having contractions that I didn't realize, and I was laughing through them up until 8cm!! My doctor and my husband were watching the end of The Apprentice when I felt her head and shouted... "Something's coming! She's coming!" He barely had time to call a nurse and get down there and her head was coming out! Too bad all my labors weren't like that one :)
@mommykrysis (10)
• United States
15 Nov 06
My first time, I was in labor for 13 hours and then all of a sudden I stopped dilating at 7 cm and was on pitocin, but it never started up again so I finally had to have a c-section because they said that was the only way he would make it. And the second time I had to have another because of the first one, but I know I was having contractions all day and they didn't believe me, up until I was about to leave the hospital and they checked and I was more dilated than I had been 30 minutes before. So we ended up having an emergency c-section. Any WOW, I can't believe people actually have 35 minute labors! It doesn't even seem possible to me.. LOL
@Tatsuya (1149)
• United States
15 Nov 06
The reason my actual hard labor was only 35 minutes was because I had gone a few days before to have the labor stopped. When I had my youngest she was 2 months premature. She only weighed 3 lbs. 6.4 ounces, and was 16 1/2 inches long. She tried to be born 3 times before she actually was, and when she WAS born, she said "There's no stopping me now!" She was even born IN the ambulance. Talk about a story!
@JulietsMom777 (1182)
• United States
15 Nov 06
I was in labor for 7 hours with my daughter she is my first and only for now. I did all natural and it wasn't as bad as all the horror stories I had heard.
@aimeejgrant (112)
• Australia
16 Nov 06
i was in labour with my first son for 14 hours and i my second son my water broke at 7am and i had him at 10:01pm, but the doctors stopped contractions for a while and started them again after a couple of hours so i dont know if u would say i was in labour the whole time. and i had a c-section.
@inkedmama1111 (824)
• United States
15 Nov 06
Well, my water broke at 8 PM. I never went into labor on my own even with my water breaking, so I was induced at midnight. I still didn't have any contractions until 2 AM. After I started having contractions to the time my daughter was born (7:39 AM) It was about 4 1/2 hours.
