what are the chances of a quick labour with first?
Hi Girls
I was speaking to my hubbys step mum and she said not all first time labours are slow, as in the labour lasting anything from 12 hours onwards..
She has really scared me now as I was planning on travelling 1 hour to a better hospital when my waters break. She said oh just watch out you might not make it in time as 2 of her friends gave birth within an hour of waters breaking, one in the car!
What is the liklihood of this happening with your first??
Also do first babies tend to be on time, earlier or later, or is it purely random? I was born at 28 weeks, very prem and only weighed 4 lbs and went down to 3lbs and was in an incubator for the first 4 weeks and fed on condensed milk. If I was prem is there a chance my baby might be?
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I was speaking to my hubbys step mum and she said not all first time labours are slow, as in the labour lasting anything from 12 hours onwards..
She has really scared me now as I was planning on travelling 1 hour to a better hospital when my waters break. She said oh just watch out you might not make it in time as 2 of her friends gave birth within an hour of waters breaking, one in the car!
What is the liklihood of this happening with your first??
Also do first babies tend to be on time, earlier or later, or is it purely random? I was born at 28 weeks, very prem and only weighed 4 lbs and went down to 3lbs and was in an incubator for the first 4 weeks and fed on condensed milk. If I was prem is there a chance my baby might be?
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First babies tend to be late but all pregnancies and babies are different so don't relay on this. My first was 2 weeks early.
I don't know about being prem. There may be a chance yours will be but there is also a lot of factors that could lead to a prem baby so your mum's pregnancy could have been a lot different to yours.
with my son i had tightenings from 5.30pm and then at 11.30pm the contractions kicked in. at 4am i had my show and 5am my waters went!!
contractions or your waters are usually the 2 main symptoms of labour being imminent. you can lose your show for weeks until labour starts so its not a very reliable symptom.
best bet is as soon as you get any contractions time them for half hour to an hour then call the hospital for advice.
as i said each woman is different and each preg is different. mine was pretty easy to spot but who knows what it will be like with this one!! lol
xxx
I now expecting no.2,only god knows how fast this one will make its entrance lol
Good luck x
Do some forum stalking and read the birth stories!!
Xxx
2nd labour was less than 2 hours from waters going and 1 hour 13 mintues from first contraction! So I think I do have quick labours and my first still would've been quick without the drip
I definitely wouldn't wait at home until your waters go if you're having contractions - it was my first sign of labour with my second but isn't everyone's, and some people's waters don't go until just before baby is born.
Jo xx
Hopefully this one will be as quick. xx
With my first I was induced so never really had the experience of the whole timing the contractions and second time my waters went first but I wasn't contracting at all, so still don't have that experience, but I will say that I knew my waters were about to go with my second so I bever bothered going to bed.
As said above, if you're contracting don't wait for your waters to go, as some waters don't rupture until 10cms.
Speak to your midwife, she'll be able to give you advice hun.
I'm not bothered how long I labour for, as long as baby doesn't come super quick, I got a bit panicked when hubbys step mum said she knew 2 people that gave birth within an hour or so of contractions starting, which kinda freaked me out! X
Anyway, laboured for just over the 11 and a half hours until my waters broke and she was here 18 minutes later, ds was the same, as soon as my waters go baby is literally on it's way!
My 1st birth followed a similar pattern to my mum and my sister. Baby came late (my mum was induced 4 times for her 4 births, my sister too - though I didnt opt for induction). Our labours were all quick - mine was 6.5hrs start to finish and I was in established labour for 3.5hrs. My waters didnt break until 1.5hrs before delivery.
What surprised me for my labour was that I didnt believe I was in labour since I felt my contractions in my back (started like intense period pain which i get in my back) - I had thought they were only felt in your bump (I never did feel any there). But I knew i was in labour due to the timing of the contractions which started at 5 mins apart and I became overwhelmed with a feeling of "this is it!!"
It's a very exciting time.