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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was in labor for probably close to 48 hours with my first. About 24 hours of them were really “active” labor (painful contractions) and only 18 of them were at the hospital. Last 4 were the most brutal, 3 hours of pushing and then a forceps delivery because baby was in distress. Other than the assisted delivery/distress, I think this is pretty common for a first timer. Media depicts birth as being really fast and for most women, it’s not.[/quote]

3 hours is long, even for a first birth. After 2 hours of pushing the chance of complications goes up. Labors are lengthening in general probably because of advanced maternal age, obesity and overall worse health.  [/quote]

Also most places dont allow you to push correctly. [url]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1804305/[/url] and are using outdated techniques. [/quote]

Very interesting. Thanks for posting this. Validates my experience. I had no epidural and really wanted to push at 9.5 with a cervical lip. Midwife had me get on my hands and knees for 10 contractions not pushing. This was by far the worst part of the labor. The lip was still there and she had to hold it down as I pushed past it. Baby had a nuchal hand and I think asynclitic positioning. Too much maternal weight gain (:o), 8.5lb first baby. I pushed for over 2 hours. I don't think it was effective technique because I blew out capillaries in my eyes (pushing with my face). Or maybe he was pretty stuck. Maybe I started pushing too early but I really had the desire. Baby had a low 1min apgar score but ended up ok. Everyone says 2 hours of pushing is ok for first time moms but from the research it is not optimal. Once you're that far committed the other options are not that great, instrumental delivery or emergency C. I wondered whether an epidural would have slowed down labor and won me a C section, but maybe it would have actually helped. Who knows? [/quote]

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