What was labor like for your third baby?

[Anonymous]

I'm 36 weeks pregnant with my third and feel 100 weeks pregnant. Baby has recently dropped. My second was induced and was an easy labor, and I will induce this time too during week 39 unless she arrives before then. I know this is unscientific, but if you've given birth three times, how did the third time compare to the other two?

[Anonymous]

I keep saying everything is easier the third time around, except pregnancy. My delivery was so much more enjoyable. Recovery was easiest I’ve ever had. I only bled for maybe 3 weeks vs 6 weeks with the others. And my milk came in so plentiful whereas my first had to fight for milk. Third baby was still almost 9lbs, but the delivery was easy. Once I finally dilated, pushing was easy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 36 weeks pregnant with my third and feel 100 weeks pregnant. Baby has recently dropped. My second was induced and was an easy labor, and I will induce this time too during week 39 unless she arrives before then. I know this is unscientific, but if you've given birth three times, how did the third time compare to the other two?

I had to double check that I hadn't written this. About to hit 37 weeks and I got a month more pregnant in the last few days. I really hope this one comes before inducing at 39 weeks - not because of any bad feelings regarding inductions (I've had two that were just fine), I just feel so so so pregnant.

[Anonymous]

I almost had the baby in the car because I was waiting for it to get as painful as my labor with #2 as my sign to go to the hospital and it just never got that painful.

On the way, I called the midwife at the hospital and said I'm trying not to have the baby in the car and I can't walk up to L&D. She met me at the car with a wheelchair, ran me up, and ripped off my clothes and my first check was - there's the head. They did my intake while I was holding the baby doing skin to skin.

They called it a drive by delivery.

[Anonymous]

Just had my third and while it was the quickest delivery it was also the most painful by far. The baby was the same size as the others but I went from 2cm to transition in about 45 min. Even with an epidural it was super painful. Recovery though has been great. Took about two doses of Motrin then was good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I almost had the baby in the car because I was waiting for it to get as painful as my labor with #2 as my sign to go to the hospital and it just never got that painful.

On the way, I called the midwife at the hospital and said I'm trying not to have the baby in the car and I can't walk up to L&D. She met me at the car with a wheelchair, ran me up, and ripped off my clothes and my first check was - there's the head. They did my intake while I was holding the baby doing skin to skin.

They called it a drive by delivery.

Not OP but I'm so worried about this! First baby came in 10 hours (from first contraction to delivery), second took 4 hours. I had the sense with the second not to wait, and called/went in as soon as I felt the first few contractions. But I live 35 minutes away from the hospital without traffic, need to build in 20 minutes for childcare to arrive...ugh! So stressful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just had my third and while it was the quickest delivery it was also the most painful by far. The baby was the same size as the others but I went from 2cm to transition in about 45 min. Even with an epidural it was super painful. Recovery though has been great. Took about two doses of Motrin then was good.

Did you have a epidural with the first two?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I almost had the baby in the car because I was waiting for it to get as painful as my labor with #2 as my sign to go to the hospital and it just never got that painful.

On the way, I called the midwife at the hospital and said I'm trying not to have the baby in the car and I can't walk up to L&D. She met me at the car with a wheelchair, ran me up, and ripped off my clothes and my first check was - there's the head. They did my intake while I was holding the baby doing skin to skin.

They called it a drive by delivery.

Not OP but I'm so worried about this! First baby came in 10 hours (from first contraction to delivery), second took 4 hours. I had the sense with the second not to wait, and called/went in as soon as I felt the first few contractions. But I live 35 minutes away from the hospital without traffic, need to build in 20 minutes for childcare to arrive...ugh! So stressful.

OP here. I was induced with both and I'm also worried about this. My second induction was 7 hours from starting pitocin (was not dilated more than 1cm) to giving birth, and pushing took less than 5 minutes. I don't even know what it feels like to go into labor naturally and am worried I'll miss the signs hahaha.

[Anonymous]

Significantly faster. Doctor didn't even make it in time, nurse had to catch DC. We almost didn't even make it to the hospital. Same amount of pushing with my 1st, and 2nd child (3 pushes).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just had my third and while it was the quickest delivery it was also the most painful by far. The baby was the same size as the others but I went from 2cm to transition in about 45 min. Even with an epidural it was super painful. Recovery though has been great. Took about two doses of Motrin then was good.

Did you have a epidural with the first two?

I had one with all three. 2nd kid came out in 3 pushes, 3rd came out in one. So it was super fast.

[Anonymous]

Honestly my third birth was worse than my first two. Longer and more painful.

[Anonymous]

Had weird new complications. Cervical lip, retained placenta.

[Anonymous]

Less than 3 hours from first signs of labor to delivery. No time for an epidural. Labor was a lot less painful than it was for #2 - not having back labor made a big difference (#1 was a c section). Contractions didn't really feel unmanageable until transition. Recovery was the easiest of the tree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Less than 3 hours from first signs of labor to delivery. No time for an epidural. Labor was a lot less painful than it was for #2 - not having back labor made a big difference (#1 was a c section). Contractions didn't really feel unmanageable until transition. Recovery was the easiest of the tree.

*three

[Anonymous]

Second was the fastest and easiest. I was expecting the third to be similar, but it took longer. Still shorter labor/faster delivery than with my first.