How long did you push with 2nd, 3rd, 4th kiddos compared to the first??

[ChristyH]

I was just wondering with mama's who have had several children did your pushing stage decrease with later children as compared to your first??

I have to say that I have been extremely lucky in that department with all 3 of my kiddos so far but I am terrified that this one for some reason will be the one that takes me hours to get out.

DD1 - Pushed for about 15 min

DD2 - Pushed 4 times

DS1 - Pushed 2 1/2 times (the 1/2 comes from when the nurse came in and wanted me to do a "practice" push. of course when I did she freaked out, told me to stop and ran and got my midwife. 2 pushes later and he was out)

Of course I'm hoping that DD4 decides to come out as quickly and easily but has anyone else had it easy and then had the last one take forever.

[Chinese Pistache]

#1 More than an hour
#2 less than 10 minutes (I couldn't *not* push and I'm not even sure how many pushes it took)
#3 between 10 and 15 minutes (probably 4 or 5 contractions with breaks in between)

[Alpaca Wacka]

Are you kidding me?!? Mama! That baby is gonna FLY out of you! Don't sweat it!

DD#1 2+ hours

DD#2 10 minutes

[mkmama]

Christy, i think that your baby is seriously just going to slide right out of you...i mean, you can feel that head already for weeks...i cannot believe she hasn't joined you in person yet...

[ltk]

ummm yeah, I don't think you have a worry. I do remember thinking "if my pelvic floor is ruined from last time, maybe I won't have the strength to push this time"

For me it was:
Baby 1: 1 and 1/2 hours
Baby 2: 5 pushes (maybe 10 minutes?)


NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT!

[ChristyH]

Y'all are right, I need to stop stressing about it because I'm probably going to have just an easy time with her as with the others. Especially since her head is basically right there now anyway! lol
That and I've been drinking the RRL tea for the past few months and lately I've been drinking even more of it to prepare.

[Jennisee]

I pushed longer the second time (75 minutes versus an hour), but my second child came out occipital transverse. Like everyone else said, I'm sure she'll just slide right out for you!