Labour duration?

[Big Dan]

Hi All

I just thought i'd share some excitment

just found out a close friend has been in labour since 3am with her first kid i'm so excited for her cause in a few weeks i also get to see and hold this new person

It also got me thinking after her 19 hours and still going. How long was yours, partners or wives labours

I take my hat off to females for this pain they go thru

Big Dan

[TonyB]

MrsB was in labour with our first for something like 48 hours. Weirdly enough this epic event coincided with the biggest thunder storms seen in Christchurch for many many years. It started when she started, finished when she finished......I try not to any MrsB too much now.....

[Dilligaf]

I'm the C Section vote.
NOT BY CHOICE. :crybaby:


My hat truely goes out to females for this pain they go thru



So are you taking a collection then?

[Big Dan]

MrsB was in labour with our first for something like 48 hours. Weirdly enough this epic event coincided with the biggest thunder storms seen in Christchurch for many many years. It started when she started, finished when she finished......I try not to any MrsB too much now.....

48 hours crazy and very wise not to annoy her again :P

[Str8 Jacket]

I took 28 hours too pop out. I was 2 weeks late and a 10 pounder. No wonder my mother hates me!

[judecatmad]

I DON'T WANNA READ THIS SORT OF STUFF.......not now!!!!!

:crybaby:

Where's the '2 pushes and he was out with no pain relief needed' option????????

[Big Dan]

I'm the C Section vote.
NOT BY CHOICE. :crybaby:



So are you taking a collection then?

no just a typo

[Dilligaf]

I DON'T WANNA READ THIS SORT OF STUFF.......not now!!!!!

:crybaby:

Where's the '2 pushes and he was out with no pain relief needed' option????????

Hey it could be worse. At least you're in a 1st world country...



no... wait... nevermind.

[Big Dan]

I DON'T WANNA READ THIS SORT OF STUFF.......not now!!!!!



now why not

[Big Dan]

Just a quick note to any mods out there and ppl in to know i would like to add a 6th option on the poll

6. I'm a male so no labour for me.

any way i could add this to it

[judecatmad]

now why not

Cos not only am I reading horror stories of week-long labours, but I'm also carrying a child with the world's biggest head.

I am soooooo in denial about how he's going to get from inside to outside!!! LOL

(do you think getting blind drunk on the day they decide they're going to arrive would cause any harm? Surely all the development's been done by the time they're cooked...?!)

[crashe]

I DON'T WANNA READ THIS SORT OF STUFF.......not now!!!!!

:crybaby:

Where's the '2 pushes and he was out with no pain relief needed' option????????

Ok how about this then for short labour from one family.
I only took a short time to get here, my daughter 6lb 15oz (2 days overdue) was only just over 4 hours and my grandaughter 4lb 15 1/2 oz (5 weeks prem) took less than hour with a couple of pushes to arrive.

[judecatmad]

Ok how about this then for short labour from one family.
I only took a short time to get here, my daughter (2 days overdue) was only just over 4 hours and my grandaughter (5 weeks prem) took less than hour with a couple of pushes to arrive.

Now THAT'S more like it!

:love:

[Goblin]

Well my first born took ten ana half hours and weighed in at 6lb 13oz. .....but the one thing they never told us at antenatal classes was the 'Grazing'!!:crazy: Once baby's head crowns and ya give that last big push....it goes something like this >>:gob: and all that delicate skin tears and its like gravel rash. :eek5: Wish someone had told me about the grazing beforehand so I could have prepared for it.

But the next two were no worries. :whistle:

[Big Dan]

Cos not only am I reading horror stories of week-long labours, but I'm also carrying a child with the world's biggest head.

I am soooooo in denial about how he's going to get from inside to outside!!! LOL

(do you think getting blind drunk on the day they decide they're going to arrive would cause any harm? Surely all the development's been done by the time they're cooked...?!)

not the best idea :)


Ok how about this then for short labour from one family.
I only took a short time to get here, my daughter (2 days overdue) was only just over 4 hours and my grandaughter (5 weeks prem) took less than hour with a couple of pushes to arrive.

wow

[Skyryder]

Just a quick note to any mods out there and ppl in to know i would like to add a 6th option on the poll

6. I'm a male so no labour for me.

any way i could add this to it

Why would you want to vote in girls poll? Like why can't the girls do 'one' of their things without some male imput. What are ya a crossdresser.:doh:

Skyryder

[Big Dan]

Well my first born took ten ana half hours and weighed in at 6lb 13oz. .....but the one thing they never told us at antenatal classes was the 'Grazing'!!:crazy: Once baby's head crowns and ya give that last big push....it goes something like this >>:gob: and all that delicate skin tears and its like gravel rash. :eek5:

But the next two were no worries. :whistle:

all i can really say is OUCH OUCH OUCH

[MyGSXF]

Son #1: 28 hours.. 2 weeks overdue & 8lb 8 1/2 oz.. he got very stuck.. I got cut.. he got yanked out with forceps.. I had a bruise like you wouldn't believe.. & a lasting scar to match... :gob:

Son #2: 2 hours.. 6 weeks prem & 6lb 7oz.. (would have been a 10lb full term..:eek5:) scar wouldn't stretch.. got cut again.. :crazy:

NO ferkin way am I havin ANY more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :oi-grr:


put ya off having kids yet... ;)

[Big Dan]

Why would you want to vote in girls poll? Like why can't the girls do 'one' of their things without some male imput. What are ya a crossdresser.:doh:

Skyryder

ok then ladies this is your poll

and crossdressing leave that for another thread another day

[Laava]

close friend has been in labour since 3am with her first kid i'm so excited for her cause in a few weeks i also get to see and hold this new person
You're expecting the labour to last that long? Holy shit!!!!

[Goblin]

Son #2: 2 hours.. 6 weeks prem & 6lb 7oz.. (would have been a 10lb full term..:eek5:) scar wouldn't stretch.. got cut again.. :crazy:

NO ferkin way am I havin ANY more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :oi-grr:


put ya off having kids yet... ;)Hahaha! Ditto. I had both my boys at home with no drugs. son #1, 9lb 6, was meant to be a water birth but we didnt get the pool filled in time. He popped out on the lounge floor, :laugh: but we had a nice big bath afterwards. Son #2 took 6 hours and was 9lb

[Big Dan]

my poor mother had to squeeze out me at 10lb 8oz

[judecatmad]

Son #1: 28 hours.. 2 weeks overdue & 8lb 8 1/2 oz.. he got very stuck.. I got cut.. he got yanked out with forceps.. I had a bruise like you wouldn't believe.. & a lasting scar to match... :gob:

Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow


NO ferkin way am I havin ANY more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :oi-grr:

I've not even got to the labour bit yet and I've made that decision!


put ya off having kids yet... ;)

Yes

[Draco]

Can't say that having a 9lb-er was much fun! However, while no amount of horror storiers prepares you for the reality of child birth, no amount of dreaming and imagining comes close to the experience of holding that brand new baby for the first time........... (ahhh...cluck cluck)

[MyGSXF]

I had both my boys at home with no drugs. son #1, 9lb 6, was meant to be a water birth but we didnt get the pool filled in time. He popped out on the lounge floor, :laugh: but we had a nice big bath afterwards. Son #2 took 6 hours and was 9lb

lols.. you breed em healthy too huh!! :niceone: My oldest was MEANT to be a water birth too.. :rolleyes: I was in that damn pool for 13 HOURS!!!! :eek: I was more bloody shrivelled up than HE was... <_< & he still didn't ferkin come out... :doh:

[crashe]

Hahaha! Ditto. I had both my boys at home with no drugs. son #1, 9lb 6, was meant to be a water birth but we didnt get the pool filled in time. He popped out on the lounge floor, :laugh: but we had a nice big bath afterwards. Son #2 took 6 hours and was 9lb

Yikes some heavy weights there..... ya poor wee thing.

I thought mine was heavy..... lol
My daughter - 7lb 15oz - 2 days overdue and came out non wrinkly
Grandaughter - 4lb 15 1/2oz - 5 weeks prem - came out perfect and non wrinkly.



Whats with these babies that are all wrinkly....

[Hitcher]

Labour pains? Nine years with no epidural in sight is more than enough. Please, make it stop.

[Goblin]

my poor mother had to squeeze out me at 10lb 8ozOMG! I bet that made her twat twitch...:Oops:

[MyGSXF]

Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow
I've not even got to the labour bit yet and I've made that decision!
Yes

You'll be fine sweets!! :niceone: I was just bloody unlucky.. twice.. had a series of events go wrong.. & incompetent staff! <_< I delt to the second lot :spanking: (took me 4 years!!!) but my fight changed the Strep B policy around the entire country! it won't happen to anyone else!! :oi-grr:

The best bit is.. at the end of it all.. you will have the most precious gift you will ever be given.. to cuddle in your arms.. :hug:

here's mine now.. :love:

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[Skyryder]

Labour pains? Nine years with no epidural in sight is more than enough. Please, make it stop.

Well Dr Cullen has plenty of laughing gas in stock. Trouble is he does not want to dispense it.

Skyyrder

[Dilligaf]

However, while no amount of horror storiers prepares you for the reality of child birth, no amount of dreaming and imagining comes close to the experience of holding that brand new baby for the first time........... (ahhh...cluck cluck)

Yeah exactly. I had the nightmare birth experience in a small province in Thailand - second white baby to be born there, my gynae quit half way through pregnancy, had all sorts of issues with language and they didn't do epidurals or gas. Long story short, had an emergency c-section and was terrible.... but look what I got in return... (a few years older now).

[devnull]

Our little boy: 2 hour labour, 6 weeks prem, 5lb 7oz

Very quick ambulance ride to hospital - he was delivered 10 min after we arrived...

[Ewan Oozarmy]

I DON'T WANNA READ THIS SORT OF STUFF.......not now!!!!!

:crybaby:

Where's the '2 pushes and he was out with no pain relief needed' option????????

Hey, don't worry - they're not all bad.

My missus first labour with our son was 1 hour 45 minutes from 1st contraction to birth - 45 minutes from when she actually got on the hospital bed. Her 2nd labour with our girl was even quicker - 1 and a half hours from 1st contraction to birth - 20 minutes from when she got on the hospital bed.

She does loads of yoga which she's convinced was they key.

Apparently she set a record at the North Shore Hospital with our second....

Good luck :)

[vifferman]

First: ~ 24 hours, even with the accelerative effects of syntocinon.
The second: despite being told, "the second is always a doddle!", was 27 hours. We were both shattered afterwards, and I was in tears. The baby wasn't too great either, and spent a lot of time in the incubator - must've need more cooking.:eek:
Apparently, he was overcooked, or switched at birth, because he's an alien.
The third: Hardly any time at all. There wasn't enough time to enjoy having the birthing suite (made up like a bedroom, with double bed and all that).

[Trudes]

Labour pains? Nine years with no epidural in sight is more than enough. Please, make it stop.

Yep, I'm up to almost eight years of hard labour, what a pain! I love you honey!!

[TonyB]

but the one thing they never told us at antenatal classes was the 'Grazing'!!:crazy: Once baby's head crowns and ya give that last big push....it goes something like this >>:gob: and all that delicate skin tears and its like gravel rash. :eek5: Wish someone had told me about the grazing beforehand so I could have prepared for it.

LOL MrsB only found out about that when she had our second one. It seems that it is that dark untold secret of child birth, all these women go along to antinatal classes to learn 'everything' and are never told about the single most painful part of child birth!
MrsB "OWWWWWW!!!! It feels like I'm on fire!!! I want to go home!!"
Midwife "Oh yes, thats the worst part of it. Make sure you push hard at the next contraction"
Nurse "yeah that's definitely the worst part"
MrsB "%#^#^@#%#^!!!! Why weren't we told about this?!?!?!"
Midwife "would it have helped....?"
Goblin, I reckon you should make yourself scarce. The Secret Society of the Grazing are probably moving to erase all evidence of this:chase:

[yungatart]

Fastest labour was 27 minutes
Longest was 5 hours, which was longer than the other three combined!
I'm a tough old cow, no pain relief with any of them!

[Goblin]

Nurse "yeah that's definitely the worst part"
MrsB "%#^#^@#%#^!!!! Why weren't we told about this?!?!?!"
Midwife "would it have helped....?"
Goblin, I reckon you should make yourself scarce. The Secret Society of the Grazing are probably moving to erase all evidence of this:chase:TSSOTG need to be more open about what really happens. If I'd known then what I know now I would have used vitamin E cream or olive oil or something to soften up that delicate skin before the :gob: grazing. Then there's the tearing from arsehole to breakfast and the nasty doctors who like to put sutures in there so you cant sit down without feeling like you're sitting on a pin cushion. My second baby tore me as well but the midwife told me that "nature is very forgiving in that area and it should heal fine without sutures"....and she was right! A natural tear will heal faster and less painfully without being sutured. Well it did for me anyway...but everyone is different. Some women swear by epidurals but I wanted to be able to feel everything and be in control of the pushing, not be cut and have forceps around my babies heads. That's just barbaric as far as Im concerned.

[Riff Raff]

Stop it. You're all scaring me:crybaby:

[Big Dan]

Aww RR you'll be fine

Just an update on my friend at 11:15pm last night she gave birth to a 8 pound girl and says the pain is all worth it and hearing her on the phone today i could hear the happiness in her voice. Hearing her say"after all those hours i get to have this beautiful girl i'm so lucky" can't help but get clucky

[Goblin]

Stop it. You're all scaring me:crybaby:
Not trying to scare ya Riffy...is this your first?


Congrats to your friend Big Dan! :2thumbsup it really is all worth it when you see your baby for the first time. :love: They make grown men go all gooey. :baby:

[Jinx3d]

First kid got stuck and had to be pulled out with a suction device that I can pronounce but cant spell.

I would avoid this option, do not let them do this - get a c-section. He's a great little boy but his eyes are all over the place. We went to the surgeon, "oh yeah, he's a vontous baby right? all the babaies here are vontous babies, the nerves for the eyes are right under the suction cup.

2nd baby was born in 1 hour from waters breaking, my wife got damaged in the process, the midwives had no fucking idea about what to do so they left it. and so a year later, major reconstruction work was required and its not sure to work.

The lessons? - have your baby in a hospital where there is someone that knows how to put things back togther and dont let them pull the baby out by the head.

[Toaster]

First kid got stuck and had to be pulled out with a suction device that I can pronounce but cant spell.

It is called a Ventouse.