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post #21 of 26
8/12/07 at 6:45pm
My 2nd was way better. Faster and much less scary.
post #22 of 26
8/12/07 at 9:02pm
my second labor was longer, harder, but the pushing and delivery were easier.
post #23 of 26
8/12/07 at 10:47pm
Everything about the second time was quicker and easier.
post #24 of 26
8/13/07 at 12:08am
Second labor was shorter, but contractions were more intense.

I didn't tear nearly as badly, and recovery was GREAT!!!
post #25 of 26
8/13/07 at 10:12pm
1st birth- 20 hours of not-so-bad labor. Lots of feeling like I should be "progressing". Then my water broke and it was maddness, intense, scary, (I actually tried to run away but my mom and midwife held onto me )and 2.5 hours of pushing, husband terrified. Pushed too hard at the end and tore kinda bad.

2nd birth-14 hours of not-so-bad labor. Nurses felt like I should be "laboring" a little more or something. Water broke, dilated from 5 to 10 in three or four contractions, pushing my baby out in 30 min., total intensity but not scared, husband awesome and supportive, remembered to go slow at the end, tore only a little, the best natural high ever.

So sometimes I think your body works in its own labor pattern and you can see them in hindsight. I didn't worry the second time about "not progressing" because I knew my body better. But when my water broke I thought, "Oh, lordy! Here it comes!"
post #26 of 26
8/14/07 at 4:55am
Sorry, no First birth was awesome- slow and gentle, baby was born in the caul very calmly. Second was hard going- I hadn't had the month of niggling contractions lining him up right before so he was slightly malpositioned, and my waters broke during labour rather than at the last minute. Hard contractions and it hurt (then SD and PPH and all kinds of nasty stuff.) With the third, labour was fast, painless and freaky- I went from 4cm to fully dilated and holding a baby in three contractions.
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