When did your labor really get going?

[Jenne]

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

[teachinmaof3]

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

[Jenne]

How do I edit my poll so people can make multiple choices if need be? Anyone?

:)
Jenne

[soulsistah]

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 :love (Though I did have lull with almost no ctx's around 9-11pm)
Wednesday 12am -Birth 8:07am rock'n

[Monkeybutt]

midnight to 6 am.

[andreac]

My water broke at 2:30 am, contx started about 1/2 hour later. Cole was born at 5:30pm the next afternoon.

[jerawo]

What do you mean by "get going?" When the first real contractions started, or when you went into active labor, or hard labor?

[mahogny]

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.

[MonicaS]

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.

[Belle]

I woke up at 1:00am in hard labor. Ctx 2-3 min apart. She was born at 11:56am.

[MamaFern]

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!

[lacysmommy]

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!

[2+twins]

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)

[Angierae]

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!

[aishy]

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

[starbarrett]

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.

[Ruthla]

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

[crunchymomof2]

Mine started at 10am.

[ZeldasMom]

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.

[the_lissa]

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.)

[annakiss]

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.

[kerikadi]

#1 - 11:00pm
#2 - 6:00pm
#3 - 10:00am
#4 - 3:30am

Obviously all mine started at very different times.

Keri

[phatchristy]

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.

[ABand3]

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

[applejuice]

At night...my Father told me that this is because the human body is naturally relaxed at night....

[busybusymomma]

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?

[Jenne]

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

[rad]

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.

[LoveChild421]

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.

[IfMamaAintHappy]

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.

[Jemper]

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)

[beaches1098]

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.

[girl138]

my water broke at midnight.. and jordana was born exactly 12 hours later.