For those that have experienced lots of prodomal labor... - Page 2

[NSmomtobe]

Originally Posted by ColwynsMommy

I ended up going from 2cm to babe-in-arms in under an hour, and it really wasn't that painful. I remember thinking, "I must be overreacting.. this can't be transition, because I don't feel like I'm dying or being split in two" or whatever other analogies I'd heard. In fact, I waited too long to call the midwife and she didn't make it. So anyway, while I cursed the 48 sleepless hours while I was living them, I'm betting that's why my active labor was so easy.. in the end, it was worth it. I wouldn't hasten to break the water, either.. I know it's a pain, but maybe your body is laboring that way for a reason.

My doula said that because my labour progressed so slowly like that, it gave my body plenty of time to keep up with endorphin production. Still, I think the pushing phase could have gone more smoothly if I wasn't on my third night without sleep.

[chai]

Originally Posted by NSmomtobe

My doula said that because my labour progressed so slowly like that, it gave my body plenty of time to keep up with endorphin production. Still, I think the pushing phase could have gone more smoothly if I wasn't on my third night without sleep.

I could have written this myself. Slow, long labor which was never that bad, difficult pushing, tired, tired mama.