Mom's fo 4 or more....?? Was #3 your "wild card"??? « Back to Group Discussions

[1babysmom]

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Edited by 1babysmom - 3/19/13 at 6:38pm

[JENinOR]

Interesting, 1babysmom. I haven't heard that before. I should say before I dish out my stats that I do not pay attention to early labor/painlessish contrax. Just go on with life until cntx force me to stop and focus.

1-9 hrs, inc. an hour of pushing, water broke/contx woke me up at 2am called mw and went back to bed until 5ish and mw got there at 6am, nice gradual build of contraction, babe was born at 11am.

2-9 hrs, with some complete stalls-a long one right before transition, hence my only internal exam, water broke during transition, a few pushes and babe was in arms, mw had only been there several hours. Babe was born 5-6amish, can't remember exactly at the moment.

3-3 hrs, water broke at 2 am, contrax came like flood, 2 min apart standing up, could not handle that and jumped in our jaccuzi tub pronto, lol,, called mw right away and she got there maybe an hour before the birth, babe born 5amish, a few pushes

4-9 hrs from when the contrax caught my attention, nice gradual build, when I hit my usual really intense point, I predicted that my babe would be born 3 hours later, and he was. :P A few pushes to get babe out. Mw came maybe 3-4ish hours before birth...MW like me for this,lol.

5-our baby born at 10 weeks was very much labor for almost 24 hours!!, even with vicoden I had to get in our big tub andbreathe through contrx, for abit. I was very surprised. No transition of course and no pushing.

Fun thread! Looking forward to the replies!
Edited by JENinOR - 2/5/12 at 10:44am

[1babysmom]

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Edited by 1babysmom - 3/19/13 at 7:56pm

[JENinOR]

Originally Posted by 1babysmom 

oops...forgot the link to the thread!!
http://www.mothering.com/community/t/1342124/moms-with-3-tell-me-about-your-labor-experiences

I hadn't really heard it before MDC either!  But I've seen a lot of threads about the "wild card" in the last few years so it must be true for a lot of people I guess!

#3 wa def my shortest labor. I think I'd be prepared for that now, but at the time with NO acclimation and the waves coming so fast and hard felt that I was drowing and could just barely keep my head above water. Having those breaks with #2 spoiled me, lol. At the time it was a bit frustrating having labor just stop, esp after my mw just got there. Once it began again though, the exam may have had something to do with that , ds was born quickly. The first time I got in the tub was during transition/birth! I wanted to hold off as long as possible and was doing fine with heating pads on my back and tummy, relaxing breathing, in my room alone, cal/mag, skullcap, valerian, and something else, hmmm. Fav. Labor prob.
Edited by JENinOR - 2/5/12 at 11:40am

[broodymama]

#4 was the wildcard for me!  

#1 - Induction by AROM, (we were prepping to evacuate for a hurricane) 9 hours

#2 - 2 hours from maybe to baby

#3 - again, 2 hours from 1st contraction to baby

#4 - 24 minutes from 1st contraction to baby   He was my longest pregnancy (41 weeks) and next-to-smallest baby at 9 lb 8 oz.