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When did your labor really get going?  

Poll Results: When did your labor really get going?

 
  • 12% (10)
    6am-Noon
  • 16% (13)
    Noon-6pm
  • 29% (24)
    6pm-Midnight
  • 41% (34)
    Midnight-6am
81 Total Votes  
post #1 of 33
9/17/05 at 2:16am
Thread Starter 
In reading birth stories of homebirthed/UCed babes it seems that most women's births really get going good in the night. What about yours?

Jenne
post #2 of 33
9/17/05 at 2:22am
I'll add my first two for comparison...

#1 - Admitted around 1am, born around 4am, hospital birth
#2 - Admitted around 3am, born around 6am, hospital birth
#3 - Woke up around 7am w/ BH-like cntx. Didn't really get active until after 9am, born at 5pm, home waterbirth
post #3 of 33
9/17/05 at 2:59am
Thread Starter 
How do I edit my poll so people can make multiple choices if need be? Anyone?


Jenne
post #4 of 33
9/17/05 at 3:06am
Monday Night 11pm tolerable but I could sleep thru them
Tuesday Morning 6 or 7am braided my locs into two french braids and had b-fast on the porch still tolerable
Tuesday Night 7pm -12am very difficult, wanted a vag exam to know how far I'd come (Though I did have lull with almost no ctx's around 9-11pm)
Wednesday 12am -Birth 8:07am rock'n
post #5 of 33
9/17/05 at 4:51am
midnight to 6 am.
post #6 of 33
9/17/05 at 9:42am
My water broke at 2:30 am, contx started about 1/2 hour later. Cole was born at 5:30pm the next afternoon.
post #7 of 33
9/17/05 at 10:23am
What do you mean by "get going?" When the first real contractions started, or when you went into active labor, or hard labor?
post #8 of 33
9/17/05 at 10:32am
DS was induced, so I'm not including that birth in my answer.

With DD, labor started at 9:30 pm, and she was born right before midnight, 2.5 hrs later.
post #9 of 33
9/17/05 at 12:41pm
I voted between 6am and noon.

#1 was induced, so no idea there.
#2 labor started overnight, but I hit active labor(3cm, good contx) between 11am and 1pm.
#3 I was in active labor(3cm, good contx) around 6am, had her at 1:09pm.
post #10 of 33
9/17/05 at 1:12pm
I woke up at 1:00am in hard labor. Ctx 2-3 min apart. She was born at 11:56am.
post #11 of 33
9/17/05 at 1:39pm
i started having contrax in the am on the 25th of december.., but they didnt get really intense till around midnight.. i gave birth the next day dec.26th at 1:41 pm
it was really beautiful standing outside looking at the sun come up while being in labour. i just remember thinking..if the sun can come up everyday, i can give birth!
post #12 of 33
9/17/05 at 6:05pm
Was in early labor all day, but didn't realize it until afterward. Water broke around 7 pm, contractions started coming HARD. Baby was born just before 11 pm, the midwives barely made it! This time around, the first little twinge and I'm calling my MW, cause I know it's going to be even faster!
post #13 of 33
9/17/05 at 8:29pm
I voted 6pm-midnight for my last birth. Both of my labors started with hard core active labor so they really got going from the moment they began:

1st birth started at: approx. 12:30am (born 10:19am)
2nd birth started at: approx. 9:30pm (born approx. 11:02pm)
post #14 of 33
9/18/05 at 3:14am
With both mine I knew things wouldn't get going until after dark. Everyone attending thouhgt things would go more quickly, but I knew it was too light out. They were born at 10:09 pm and 10:15 pm, 3 years apart!
post #15 of 33
9/18/05 at 11:10am
I voted 6-midnight, but I should have done midnight-6 because it was that way twice. With my first one it was 6-midnight. Next two midnight - 6. I just assume it will be the same this time and the boys will be asleep and everything. haha.

aisling
post #16 of 33
9/18/05 at 3:50pm
I didn't vote 'cause my answer didn't quite fit. My labor started at midnight exactly, progressed until morning, then died down to a dull roar the next day. It picked up again around 9 or 10 that next night, then progressed until I gave birth the next day at 8pm. So I would be inclined to say it tended to get going at night, but I didn't hit transition until daytime, so I didn't know what to answer.
post #17 of 33
9/18/05 at 4:01pm
I couldn't vote because you didn't set it up for multiple choice- besides, I wasn't exactly watching the clock during labor!

First baby was born just after midnight- did labor "really get going" that evening? That afternoon? I guess "afternoon" is the closest to accurate.

Next two babies followed a similar pattern: labor started in the morning, things "got intense" sometime between labor's beginning and giving birth around 5 PM
post #18 of 33
9/18/05 at 11:11pm
Mine started at 10am.
post #19 of 33
9/19/05 at 10:46am
1st birth: Woke up with contractions at 3 am. Had DS at 5pm that day.

2nd birth: Active labor started at 12:45am. DD was born at 2:30am.
post #20 of 33
9/19/05 at 10:47am
My labour really got going around midnight, but I didn't have the baby until 11:41am 36 hours later. (I ended up transferring to the hospital.)
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