Moms that have had fast labors, come on in please! - Page 3

[Autumn Breeze]

I wish I could keep testing this

#1 - induced @ 38 wks and change for pre-eclampsia, 9 hours, 2 of them pushing. Was 3-4 cm and 80% when we started pit. AROM 2 hours later at 6 cm.

#2 - less than 30 minutes. finger tip dilated at 37 wks, never checked again (checked at my request because I'm too curious for my own good) 3 contractions, then my water broke. My midwife estimates I dilated from about 3-5 in the first 3 contractions, then 5-7 when my water broke, and in the next 3 (one of which was on the phone with her) went from 7-10. Labor began at 3:05, baby was born at 3:30 or 3:33, we aren't exactly sure. Two different clocks lol

[Annemarie42]

I can report back now....

Originally Posted by Annemarie42

#1: 30 hours (heavily augmented labor d/t HBP), 37 weeks
#2: 4 hours (delivered 10 min. after walking into the hospital), 40 weeks exactly. Prodromal labor for about 2 weeks.
#3: ask me tomorrow. ;-) Prodromal labor from 36-41 weeks. Hoping for a quick one, but not counting on it; as the pp said, #3 is supposed to be a wild card and so far this pregnancy has been.

#3 was about 6 hours, at 41 weeks, with maybe 4-5 hours of good prelabor right before. Pushed much longer than #2 (about an hour), but Sam is over a pound bigger and his positioning was a little off.

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#1: 7 hours (including 1.5 hours pushing)
#2: 11 hours (water breaking to delivery)
#3: 26 hours (posterior, cervical lip)

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Also, mine definitely got larger:
#1: 7 lbs. 6 oz.
#2: 8 lbs. 2 oz.
#3: 9 lbs. 9 oz.

[Honey693]

DD1 - 5-6 hours, 7lbs, 7oz
DD2 - 100 minutes, 8lbs even

I'm kind of scared to think about a third kid. DH is convinced it's just going to drop out while I'm grocery shopping or something.

[inthezoo]

Mine got faster and larger also all with varied cord size that didn't seem to effect the speed of birth adversely.

#1 4hrs - 7lb 6oz average sized cord
#2 28 min - 8lb 12oz ridiculously long cord
#3 18 min - 10lb cord short enough I had to hunch over really far to before the placenta came

My water broke about 10 hrs before labor started with my first, My water breaking was the start of labor with my second and with my third my water didn't break until he was on the way out. The very fast labors are extremely intense and nothing is soothing at all. At the time it seems like it might last forever and that fear still hasn't left me from the last one and he's almost two now. I vaguely remember my first being a more peaceful birth. I did try to slow my third down but couldn't tolerate being in water or any position but standing. Probably needless to say, the last two were unassisted because no one could make it here in time. With my second the midwife showed up 1 hr after he was born and we didn't call anyone for the third. When near the end with my third, anytime I would leave the house I would think ahead about what my plan would be if I went into labor where every I was going to since my second had come so very fast.

I'm thinking my fourth might come in my sleep, lol.

[Sihaya]

I've only had one, but it makes me a little worried about ridiculously fast labors in the future. I had him at home at 41w3d in water, he had both fists at his shoulders (midwes ended up having to reach in and turn him because he was stuck) and a very very short cord (it broke when he came out). Active labor was about 6 hours and I was in denial for 1-2 of those.

Ideally I'd like 4-8 hour labors in the future so there's time for the midwives and our moms to get here and for the pool to be filled and get used. I am a little reassured because I used Hypnobabies the first time and there is a visualization exercise. My labor was exactly as long as I had visualized it (same time of day and day of the week too!) and so I've been working on the visualization exercise since pretty early this time hoping it works as well as last time.

[baggybears]

#1- 10 hrs. start to finish
#2- less than 4 hrs. start to finish
Hoping #3 will be fast!!

[honeybee]

ds1: 5 hours--but really 3 hours active
ds2: 2 hours
ds3: 3 hours
ds4: 6 hours, and felt endless after my quicker previous labors.

[summerlilies]

# 1: 12 hours
#2: 1.5 hours
#3: ??

[XanaduMama]

#1 was weird: 20-odd hours from ROM to birth, but contractions only started after getting pit about 18 hours in. From first cx to baby was 3.5 hours. Crazy.

#2, HB, was 7 hours from ROM to birth, but only about an hour of challenging labor. So technically longer, but way, way easier.

[greenmama66]

 

First labor and delivery from start to finish- 4.5 hours- twin girls born at home

Second labor- 1 hour total (painless too) from start to delivery- waterbirth

Third 4 hours from start to finish- waterbirth

Fourth labor- 2 days of mild contractions- 4 hours of active labor and delivery- another waterbirth

Back labor with all!

[dawncayden]

Ds1, 8 hours

Ds2, 2 hours

both at home with midwives

[Stitches]

My labors start 'low and slow' with a long early phase, a lot of off and on until I reach 4 or 5 cms.  Definitely faster with #2, so if I have a 3rd I imagine it will be as quick or quicker.

1st:24 hrs of 'early' labor and 14 hrs active, pushed for 1hr (epidural, acynclitic baby)

2nd:15 hrs of 'early' labor and 3 3/4 hrs active, pushed for 10 minutes (homebirth)

[mylilmonkeys]

Interesting "data" everyone has contributed.

My history:

#1 - 8 hr induced+epidural, 45 min pushing - 8.5

#2 - 8 hr home waterbirth, 4 hr pushing, asynclitic head - 9.5

#3 - 27 hr home birth transfer, 7-8 hr pushing -10.14, HUGE head

#4 - 3.5 hr UC, 3 pushes - 9.12

#5 - 4 hr (not including 1 hr from when water broke before contractions started), 2 pushes - 8.2

#6 - 3 hr, 1 "push" - 8.3 --this was the strangest one.  I had no show at all and contractions felt very different.  Not much pain, other than a burning sensation around my lower abdomen.  I was so completely convinced I had hours to go, and birthed minutes after I told my midwife that.  I hadn't taken my underwear off, she pulled them down and broke my water as I birthed standing.

#7 and 8 due in March.  If visualizations work, and I believe they do, I am visualizing my water breaking before labor, so I can get myself down to the birth center, where my preferred 3 midwives will be able to attend us in time.  If they have to come up here, it's likely most or all will miss it, which is not my ideal for twins!  Oddly enough, my midwife has a way higher than average stats on waters breaking before labor, and she does no prenatal exams unless requested.