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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 #21 of 33
9/19/05 at 11:39am
DS1 - 6am-noon (9 am-ish began active labor, first contrx at 5 am, born at 3 pm)
DS2 - 6pm-midnight (1st contrx at 4:30 pm, active labor at 6 pm-ish, born at 9:10 pm)

Both born at home.
post #22 of 33
9/20/05 at 11:26am
#1 - 11:00pm
#2 - 6:00pm
#3 - 10:00am
#4 - 3:30am

Obviously all mine started at very different times.

Keri
post #23 of 33
9/20/05 at 9:40pm
My labors both started early, though the intense part was overnight.

For my first I had some contractions starting at 4 AM...took a bath in the AM and slept (bath slowed them) then things got going ...at 10 PM I was 3 CM, after 1 AM I was 10 CM....she was born at 1:59 AM

For my second I was crampy all day, then a switch turned on my body and hard labor from 11:30 PM...she was born at 2:07 AM

I seem to like to give birth overnight LOL.
post #24 of 33
9/20/05 at 10:48pm
I voted midnight - 6 am, which was true (kinda) for two of the three)

#1 ctx started tuesday 10pm and were not much for about 24 hours. By wednedsay midnight we called the midwife and went to the bc at about 2 a.m. DS born Thursday at 2:30 pm.
#2 woke up with ctx at about 12:30 a.m., went to the bc at 5:30 a.m, DS born at 11:30 a.m.
#3 (homebirth) had prodromol labor for 1-2 days, then called the midwife to come at about 11:30 a.m., DD born at 3:00 pm
post #25 of 33
9/21/05 at 2:28am
At night...my Father told me that this is because the human body is naturally relaxed at night....
post #26 of 33
9/22/05 at 12:53pm
I walked around 4cm with lots of contractions here and there for three weeks. I had intermittent contractions for a few days before active labor began around Midnight. First birth I was induced, so who knows what might of happened?
post #27 of 33
9/25/05 at 4:52pm
Thread Starter 
Yeah, applejuice, just from my own birthstory reading it seemed that lots of women begin the hardwork in the night. That makes sense biologically that that would be a safer and more convienent time to really work at birth. Thanks for all the responses!

Jenne
post #28 of 33
9/26/05 at 2:08am
Mine have always been midnight-6am.

#1- Water broke at 5:30am, contractions started pretty stongly 30 minutes later. He was born about 3.5 hours after the contractions started.
#2- Water broke at 4:30am. Contractions started within mintues. She was born 3.5 hours after my water broke
#3- My water broke at 1:30am. Contractions start within mintues and he was born 1 hour and 45 minutes later.
post #29 of 33
9/26/05 at 7:43pm
I voted between 6pm and midnight

I had been having lots of contractions at night for about 4 days and then the night I went into labor I had one really strong contraction and my water broke- that was at 10pm and things got intense very shortly after.
post #30 of 33
9/28/05 at 9:02am
my first labor was 18 hrs long, but things got going in the late afternoon. baby was born at 8:06 pm

my second labor was 3 1/2 hrs long and started at 3:45. Baby was born at 7:35 pm.
post #31 of 33
9/30/05 at 9:20am
DD #1 ~ active labor started around 9:30 pm
DD #2 ~ active labor started around 12 Noon (though contractions woke me up early that morning)
DD #3 ~ active labor started around 9:30 pm (as soon as the kids were in bed)
post #32 of 33
9/30/05 at 9:31am
Felt a contraction around 2 a.m. Went back to sleep woke up at 6ish with a contraction. Active labor at 6:30 and baby born at 8:40 a.m.
post #33 of 33
9/30/05 at 10:26pm
my water broke at midnight.. and jordana was born exactly 12 hours later.
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