Is there any validity to this? - Page 3

[AllisonK]

nak
5'9" pushed for 5 mins (#2) and 9 mins (#3)

[skyblufig]

5'8"
ds was 18 min of pushing
8lb 9oz
epidural :

[georgia]

Blanket statements annoy me Okay, let's face it---"experts" annoy me

Think of all those poor 5'7'' women who missed out on the 'easy' birthing!

[cappuccinosmom]

5'4, no epi, and two short, easy labors.

[JessicaTX]

Almost 5'2, The only one I pushed more than once was the asynclitic 10 pounder. She took maybe 30 minutes of pushing, the other 3 were out within 5 minutes of pushing.

[4lilfarmers]

5'1'', pushed for b/t 1 hour and 1 hour 45min... no drugs. so, i guess this fits with what he says. but it was also my first babe. i'll let you know in a couple weeks about babe 2

[SublimeBirthGirl]

I'm almost 5'10". With my first, my water broke, and she was born 27.5 hours later. Probably 12 hours of active labor, an hour of (unnecessary) Pitocin. I asked for an epidural a lot during transition (when I went from 4-10 in about an hour) but my husband and best friend managed to wrestle me through without it. I'd had a LEEP procedure done at age 19, about 9 years before she was born, so maybe that contributed to the labor.

With my 2nd, I had a homebirth, less than 4 hours of active labor.

I have a teeny tiny, very short friend who had her first son a little early (he was fine) in about 5 hours naturally, who had a natural birth with her twins and IIRC it was 2 hours from start to 2nd baby.

I think there might be some kind of correlation with the height thing, but it's too complex an issue to determine causation.

[Nicole77]

I am 5'6", medium frame. I pushed all three of mine out quickly.

First baby: (induced and epidural that was turned off a few hours before birth) 15 hours labor, 20 minutes pushing
Second baby: (homebirth) 11 hours labor, 11 minutes pushing
Third baby: (homebirth) 6 hours labor, 2 minutes pushing (I pushed her completely through the birth canal in one contraction, three pushes)

[ShadowMoon]

I am 5'4'' and pushed Ds out in just under 30 mins. (My labor lasted about 5-6 hours total). I had no epi, no meds of any kind. I really don't think height has much to do with it..there are so many other factors at play.

[hapersmion]

I'm 5'10'' and pushed for 3.5-4 hours. My ds was breech, though, and I think I started pushing too soon, so that is probably why.

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[ckhagen]

I'm 5'3", had no epidural, it took about 75 minutes of pushing to get my DS out. But... he was not engaged when I started pushing and was posterior, so.. I'm sure that added to the time factor.

[storychick]

Well, I'm 5'2" and have started my pregnancies at 115, 110, and 130 lb. So pretty petite. All my labors were less than 8 hours, the 2nd one was only 2 and a bit start-to-finish, and while I did push for 4 hours with my first, my other 2 came out with hardly any pushing at all.

I say it depends a lot more on other factors, like mom's nutrition, baby's position, and what kind of environment she's giving birth in (how much freedom of movement and psychological factors).

[MommytoHHH]

I'm 5'10 and I pushed my DD out in about 15 minutes. My OB thought that was quick for a first birth. I did have an epidural. I had wanted to go without it, but after about 30 hours of active labor I was still progressing at the rate of molasses in january and my L&D nurse knew I wanted to avoid a C/S at any cost, so she suggested an Epidural. Long story short, 3 hours after the Epi I was fully dilated, and 15 minutes later I pushed DD out, and about 2 minutes after that she was attached to my boob. So anyways, I had a LONG labor overall, but a very short pushing phase.

[Cheshire]

I'm 5'9" and delivered my 10lb 11oz baby after 19 hours of labor and only 45 minutes of pushing. I had an epidural about 3 hours before delivery.

[Hazelnut]

5'8' here and no epi, took FOREVER for first baby. Sounds silly to me. Long labor and 1 hr 45 min of pushing. My two good friends who are pushing six feet also pushed for 2+ hours with first baby (well one for 3 hours before an eventual C-section.)

[Ygle]

Interesting... so far it looks like for both heights about 28% had a long difficult pushing stage and it went quickly for 72%.

I had one epi (my 3rd) and two without, am 5'4", and while my labor was very long pushing went quickly for me all three times.

[BugMacGee]

I'm 5' on a good day.

Baby #1-pushed 30 minutes with epi-(long labor tho)

Baby#2-pushed twice with epi

[MelKnee]

I'm 5'8" and I had one of each. With ds, I pushed for 1 1/2 hrs. DD was 20 mins.

ETA: no epi with either.

[kaspar]

i am 5'6" and had a short easy labour and a quick birth, no epidural or anything else.

as a contrast, my cousin is 5'9" and had prodromal labour for weeks and was induced and ended up with a c-section.

i think that none of these "theories" apply to everyone - every pregnancy is so different!

[box_of_rain]

I am 5'7'' and pushed for 5 hours with my first. No epi. My second I pushed for 5 minutes and he was out. No epi.

ETA: There was only a 2 oz. difference in weight (with the 2nd being bigger) and the head circ. was the same. Go figure.