I’m also hoping for the best with a third! But my second was already pretty fast, I think around 6-7 hours start to finish. I went in as soon as possible because my first was similarly quick though much longer pushing phase. The second was only hard labor for maybe 2 hours, I just wanted to hurry in so we spent almost none of labor at home. This time I plan on the same rush in at first sign! But I may need an induction, I have a limit.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Exactly! My OB said the third labor was a crap shoot. There is no rhyme or reason. First baby was 36 hours with an induction. Second baby was 6ish hours of active labor and 2 pushes. Third baby was 15 hours of labor and 3 pushes. I really thought the third baby would come quicker and was very unpleasantly surprised when it took so long!

This is what my OB said too — 3rd is a wild card. All three of mine were induced and around the same size (nearly 9 pounds). First baby was a 9 hour induction and about 20 mins of pushing. Second was about 5 hour induction and 5 minutes of pushing. Third was three hour induction and also a few minutes of pushing. Good luck OP!

13 hours of slow progression; I didn’t not want pitocin.

Everything sped up, labor HARD for an hour: no epidural, standing.

He came in 2 pushes.

Easiest, best recovery ever. Was walking with friends to get coffee when he was 5 days old. Zero pain.

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.

My 3rd was a close call too! Wheeled up to L&D while hubby parked the car. By the time he came up less than 8 minutes later, baby was in my arms. Our friend came over to watch our older kids at 7:47 pm and we got to the car around 8. Baby was born 8:37! Sooo glad we didn't have to wait longer for our babysitter, or I would have had a home birth or had it on the way down in the elevator! As it was I could barely walk to the car! Hubby was a bit perturbed to hear me swearing in the car but I honestly had a sensation like the baby was going to burst out of my belly!
My first two were pretty short and pleasant L&Ds but the 3rd was like 0 to 100 in just a few hours!

Easy. 49 hours with my first (two nights laboring in hospital), 16 hours with my second and 9 hours with my third. Mind you was nine hours starting from the first contraction up until baby was born. Baby has been easier as well

Fast. And he was the biggest by a pound. Recovery was a breeze- I was walking around the delivery room about an hour after he was born.

Anonymous wrote: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.

Exactly! My OB said the third labor was a crap shoot. There is no rhyme or reason. First baby was 36 hours with an induction. Second baby was 6ish hours of active labor and 2 pushes. Third baby was 15 hours of labor and 3 pushes. I really thought the third baby would come quicker and was very unpleasantly surprised when it took so long!

Third was longest labor and pushing phase. Pain was fine up to pushing (no epidural) Baby was OP. Hardest recovery plus most complications. I also had a retained placenta not caught until 2 weeks later.