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[quote=Anonymous]Depending on how you count labor, mine was over 77 hours. I went in for an induction on a Sunday evening (medicine started around 8 pm) and delivered around at 1 am on the following Thursday. Pitocin and contractions didn’t start until Monday afternoon, so the total time is a little less if you start the clock then.

The baby and I were not in distress so they let me keep going for a looong time. I pushed for three hours in the end, but the baby was malpositioned with a nuchal hand and just wasn’t going to come out on her own. I was in good shape and had worked out throughout pregnancy but I was still completely exhausted at that point. I ended up with a c section in the end.

If I had it to do over again, I would have pushed my medical team for the c section far earlier. I was really opposed to a c section at the time and they respected my wishes, but the recovery after that full ordeal was horrible. In fact, for my second, I chose a scheduled c section to avoid any chance of a similar ordeal. [/quote]

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