Labour duration?

**Dilligaf** · 14th November 2007, 08:17

Originally Posted by Draco

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** · 14th November 2007, 08:49

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** · 14th November 2007, 09:04

Originally Posted by judecatmad

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

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** · 14th November 2007, 09:16

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.

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** · 14th November 2007, 09:45

Originally Posted by Hitcher

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** · 14th November 2007, 17:59

Originally Posted by Goblin

but the one thing they never told us at antenatal classes was the 'Grazing'!!

Once baby's head crowns and ya give that last big push....it goes something like this >>

and all that delicate skin tears and its like gravel rash.

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

**yungatart** · 14th November 2007, 18:14

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** · 14th November 2007, 18:31

Originally Posted by TonyB

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

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

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** · 14th November 2007, 18:48

Stop it. You're all scaring me

**Big Dan** · 14th November 2007, 19:12

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** · 14th November 2007, 19:22

Originally Posted by Riff Raff

Stop it. You're all scaring me

Not trying to scare ya Riffy...is this your first?

Congrats to your friend Big Dan!

it really is all worth it when you see your baby for the first time.

They make grown men go all gooey.

**Jinx3d** · 14th November 2007, 20:56

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.