when do you start?
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Topic: when do you start?
Posted By: sarahm
Subject: when do you start?
Date Posted: 11 May 2011 at 8:13pm
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can you help me...we got talking at work today about the length of peoples labour, each of us seemed to have a different idea of when they started timing from...so when did you start??
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 11 May 2011 at 8:19pm
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Active labour - When they were less than 10 mins apart consistently, and lasting longer than 30seconds - what I was told by 2 separate midwives.
When I say about my labours, I state both times e.g with DS, 6.5 hours (all active labour, started with a bang). With DD, 47 hours with 3 hours active labour (I had about 12 hours of the length varying between 8 & 11 mins, so only started timing the active labour from when the timing was consistently getting closer and closer). |
Posted By: AngieBabe
Date Posted: 11 May 2011 at 8:21pm
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I go by how the hospital had it timed (since I was induced and being monitored)... on my notes it says my labour was 3hrs 50min, which was what I guess you'd call the 'active' part and what seemed to make it active in their eyes were the length and regularity of contractions and the fact I was 5cm dialated.
Though I guess I technically went into labour when my waters broke, even though contractions didn't kick off consistently by themselves (and with having GBS, I needed inducing...) Probably just made that sound a whole bunch more confusing than I intended  ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: rorylex
Date Posted: 11 May 2011 at 8:24pm
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this maybe be a different answer for different people.
the hospital dont class it as actual labour til you are in the active stage and after 4 babies i see why. i personally see labour start point is when you KNOW baby is coming wether it be your waters breaking or contractions have hit a point when you dont have to guess anymore if it is labour or BH. ------------- Mummy to 4 boys Samuel - 18.6.05 Rory - 15.7.06 Mason - 13.06.08 Emmett - 24.01.10 Baby #5 - cooking |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 11 May 2011 at 8:39pm
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For me the whole thing was over in 24 hours from the first little niggle to delivering DD. Active labour according to my notes was only 6 hours of that, then there's the placenta to deliver as well.
Lol I knew bubs was coming the previous morning when I had contractions in the shower. I'd only completed AN class the weekend before and my labour was exactly as discussed in class. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 11 May 2011 at 9:37pm
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Yea, I'm not quite sure either. I was about 12 or 13 hours - the first two contractions were 20min apart, after that they were five minutes or less apart. -------------   
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Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 11 May 2011 at 9:47pm
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I would say my active labour with DS2 was about 3-4 hours. My waters broke 13 hours before he arrived but contractions didn't become regular for about 7 hours at least and weren't regular till quite late in the piece! I think it's probably different for everyone. ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: mothermercury
Date Posted: 11 May 2011 at 9:55pm
| I don't know if mine counts because I was induced. I only count my "labour" from the time they gave me the synto drip and contractions really went wild (so basically I count labour as when it started really hurting!). That was about six hours after I got the gel and then my waters broken. I think she arrived about ten hours after they started the drip, which felt like a very long time! |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 11 May 2011 at 10:00pm
| I took mine from when my water broke(contractions started right away), and 48 hours later, he was born. Waters broke at 2.30am a saturday morning and by the sunday morning I was in paaainnnn, so I take my active labour from about 6am the sunday morning, and he was born 1.03am the monday morning. |
Posted By: Bexta
Date Posted: 11 May 2011 at 10:06pm
I started from my first contraction. I had a bloody show with the first contraction and they were about 7-8 mins apart from beginning. 20 and a half hours later my daughter was born  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: TrinaL
Date Posted: 11 May 2011 at 10:13pm
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Ha ha I have no idea. After a show in the morning then two nights of what I thought were labour pains which stopped in the morning I started a third night of pains. At 2 am I went 45 mins to the hospital as pains were 3 mins apart. I got sent back home despite being under the high risk team. So 45 mins home at 5am. They had told me I hadn't started dialating but the notes I got afterwards tell a different story
So back to the hospital at 12 thinking the pressure I was feeling was my waters going to break to find out I was fully dialated and it was actually her wanting out. Like I would know seeing the told me I would feel pressure and my waters would break. She was born at 15.06. No idea what happened to waters breaking as never any idication that they had and midwives didn't notice. So I have no idea when active labour or transition started and actually have no idea how it feels so if I have another I will be hopeless at determining where I am at. However I think I will camp out in the waiting room if they they tried to send me home as 45mins in a ute (with safety belt on  when in active labour and/or transition is not a pretty thing.
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Posted By: rorylex
Date Posted: 11 May 2011 at 10:22pm
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lol if i went from my 1st contractions
ds1 was 1wk(active labour - birth was 13.5hrs) ds2 was 5days(active labour - birth was 50mins) ds3 was 3wks(active labour - birth was 3-4hrs) ds4 was 2.5hrs from 1st contraction to birth will be interesting to see what our next baby does. and when i say active labour i mean the point i knew it was the real thing. i know from ds3 that you can have quite intense contractions and still not be classed as "active labour" i got sent home coz i was only 2cm's i felt like i had been in hard labour a few hrs already, an hr later i was back at hospital at 7cm's. so its not just different for each person it can be different for each pregnancy. ------------- Mummy to 4 boys Samuel - 18.6.05 Rory - 15.7.06 Mason - 13.06.08 Emmett - 24.01.10 Baby #5 - cooking |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 11 May 2011 at 10:25pm
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Baby #5 is gonna fall out in like 40mins Heidi ------------- |
Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 11 May 2011 at 11:30pm
I can't remember with my first two...my last the contractions were all over the place with no set pattern,BUT it was under 2 hours from start to finish (from 3cms,to pushing her out )so thats good enough for me !  ------------- 
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Posted By: Kalimirella
Date Posted: 11 May 2011 at 11:52pm
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I was induced, so I guess I could start right from when the gel was first inserted....however nothing happened, and then after the second lot it was just low level uncomfortableness...so again I don't really count it.
I started from right after my waters broke and BANG contractions that actually started/peaked/faded, so I count my labour as being 2h50m and pushing the placenta out isn't usually counted (as the bit that matters is out, YOUR BABY!) but that was only 5 mins in my case. Just thought I would edit to clarify waters broke naturally and I had no drugs whatsoever to help labour along. (Other than the gel :P) The hospital also put my labour as being 2h50m. Still even if you went right from first gel at around 9:30am (though nothing happened) thats only 18.5 hours. ------------- Kiara is 3 and Teagan is 2, now we're expecting our long awaited 3rd! http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: MrsEmma
Date Posted: 12 May 2011 at 12:37am
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With my first I counted from when my waters broke at 8.30pm, I laboured all night and at 6.30am the next day my contractions were 4-5 mins apart which is when I went to hospital and was 4cms, DS was born at 3.50pm that same day. So in my head labour was 19.5 hours long.
This time.. well my waters have just broken tonight at 8pm and my contractions are currently 3-5 mins apart (hence my sitting here trying to take my mind of them!) I still count labour starting from 8pm as I've had contractions from the time my waters broke (alebit not terribly consistent ones until the last 1.5 hours). As for how long this one will be.. well, I suppose I'll know by this time tomorrow ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: sarahm
Date Posted: 12 May 2011 at 6:42am
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Waahooo Mrs Emma, hope youre now holding bubs in youre arms
The thing we couldnt agree on at work was if you count from first regular contractions or from when as you guys put it 'this is it, no turning back now!!' For me had a few niggles round 8pm, they became intense and regular from 10, into birthcare at midnight to be told youre only 3cm go home and come back in the morning then waters broke at 12.40,(while I was saying I dont want to go home) was 7cms by 1am, DS was born at 3.20am....so just as well I didn't go home!------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">
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Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 12 May 2011 at 7:29am
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My waters broke at 12am, contractions really kicked in about 1am and DS was born at 2.30pm, so about 13 hours for me I guess. -------------  
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Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 12 May 2011 at 8:54am
| I was induced and my waters broken nearly 24 hours later, they recored length of labour from the time my waters were broken not from when the gel hit cervix. |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 12 May 2011 at 10:19am
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Waters never broke MW broke them. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: Richie
Date Posted: 14 May 2011 at 10:01pm
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On my notes it has 32hrs but 17hours active. My contractions were 8mins apart and 1min long right from the get go, but they didn't consider it active until I was at 4cm, which was when they broke my waters. -------------  
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Posted By: Whateversville
Date Posted: 14 May 2011 at 11:18pm
| Hmm, well my contractions started at 5mins apart from the get go. Ds was born 2days later. However I count my 'active' labour from when I got to hospital and my waters broke. 15hrs for me. |
Posted By: Kalimirella
Date Posted: 15 May 2011 at 5:35pm
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Gosh what a long active part of labour! Wow that you managed to cope through it! ------------- Kiara is 3 and Teagan is 2, now we're expecting our long awaited 3rd! http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: myonlineself
Date Posted: 15 May 2011 at 7:27pm
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I count from the first contraction - the first 2 were 10 minutes apart then they were 4-5 minutes apart and lasting a minute from the third contraction... that was at 7pm, got to hospital at midnight, was 5cm, and baby was born at 5am... so 10 hours all up... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: JAFAjaffa
Date Posted: 15 May 2011 at 8:18pm
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I count from the first contraction - it was 12 hours from start to finish. I had my first contraction at 3:30am - it woke me up. I hadn't had any niggles or BH or anything prior - I was 10 days late and was getting pretty grumpy! Anyway, I went to Birthcare at 9:30am, I was 5 cm dilated at that stage. I was transferred to hospital at around midday (size of DS) and had him at 2:48am. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 15 May 2011 at 8:57pm
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I went and had a look at my notes. First birth was 1 hour 45 minutes of active labour. Second birth was 3 hours of active labour. Both births were 4 hours including pushing and delivery of children. I remember get upset after 2 hours with my second as it was taking longer than the first. |
Posted By: Kazper
Date Posted: 15 May 2011 at 10:16pm
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I counted mine from active labor as according to mw I was in labor with regular contractions and 4cm dilated 3 days before my active labor, but I didn't feel a thing until active labor so I just say 3 hours which is from the point I KNEW she was coming lol. ------------- http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/545141" rel="nofollow">  |