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Sorry, title is a bit of a mouthful... what I mean is....
When did you count the start time of your labour and how long it went for? I have always said approx 29 hours, I started contractions at 3am, then gave birth at 8am the following day. However, the midwife says it was only about 16 hours. I never had regular contractions, and when I saw the midwife at 8pm (the day they started), I was 6-7cm dialated. She decided that at about 4pm is when it would have really kicked in, because for a period the contractions were more regular than they had been all day, though they didn't stay like that after 4. All I know, is that I was in varying degrees of pain for 29 hours... Just curious more than anything. My new midwife said I should expect about half the time of the first one. So do I go by the 29 hours or the 16 hours? Not that it will really make a difference, as I think this will be a completely different experience to last time anyway. |
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I count from first contraction. Obviously if I'd had one contraction on its own, and not another for 12 hours, I wouldn't count it as labour having started. But with both of my labours, the first contraction was the start of regular contractions.
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Rumply What do you count as your length of labour? 04/04/2012, 09:24 AM
imamumto3 I think the midwives count the start of labour as ... 04/04/2012, 09:27 AM spersephone Personally, from the first twinge that is clearly ... 04/04/2012, 09:29 AM 3_for_me When I was induced(by ARM only) with my third they... 04/04/2012, 09:31 AM mummygirl For my first, it was counted from the regular cont... 04/04/2012, 09:33 AM Rumply Hmmm, now I remember getting very regular contract... 04/04/2012, 09:45 AM niggles Both of my labours have started with irregular con... 04/04/2012, 09:49 AM Buy Me A Pony ! I think I've been in labour for a week already... 04/04/2012, 09:56 AM roses99 I count from the start of regular contractions. Wi... 04/04/2012, 09:57 AM summer80 I count what I consider active labour - regular, p... 04/04/2012, 10:06 AM Ireckon Active labour - so regular contractions.
for #1, ... 04/04/2012, 10:12 AM Bluenomi My midwife asked if I wanted to put the start of l... 04/04/2012, 10:15 AM Wigglemama Established labour is what is counted by midwives ... 04/04/2012, 10:21 AM gisses From the moment I got my 1st contraction- 3 hours.... 04/04/2012, 10:26 AM new~mum~reenie I think it was recorded as starting at 7pm, as thi... 04/04/2012, 10:36 AM PurpleNess I started from when it really kicked in, I'd s... 04/04/2012, 11:10 AM MahnaMahna Definitely only as "active labour" which... 04/04/2012, 11:23 AM soontobegran Most mums take their first painful contraction as ... 04/04/2012, 11:24 AM virtuallotus From when regular, frequent contractions started. ... 04/04/2012, 11:32 AM BreezaH Both my labours only ever had regular (every 2-3m ... 04/04/2012, 11:32 AM PurpleChicken For me I count it from when they started the drip ... 04/04/2012, 11:43 AM flickery I asked the midwife this at my appointment on Mond... 04/04/2012, 01:02 PM CallMeAl I consider it to be when I started getting regular... 04/04/2012, 01:22 PM
Studybug QUOTE (CallMeAl @ 04/04/2012, 01:22 PM) I... 25/05/2012, 03:54 PM Freycha From the time my waters broke and i started having... 04/04/2012, 01:29 PM kate789 I find womens length of labour depends on how hard... 04/04/2012, 01:38 PM DW2202 I think that my first labour was recorded as 24 ho... 25/05/2012, 03:21 PM WhatWouldBuffyDo With DS i counted it as my first contraction to de... 25/05/2012, 04:09 PM mumandboys QUOTE (imamumto3 @ 04/04/2012, 09:27 AM) ... 25/05/2012, 04:12 PM *Mumma-to-A* For me labour was 36 hours from 1st painful contra... 25/05/2012, 10:05 PM Lightning_bug QUOTE (imamumto3 @ 04/04/2012, 09:27 AM) ... 25/05/2012, 10:14 PM owlingaround I never had proper contractions but I had continuo... 25/05/2012, 10:25 PM Mummyplusmemakes3 I had the opposite experience to many here - I was... 25/05/2012, 10:26 PM samshine My hind waters broke at 7pm, contractions (such as... 25/05/2012, 10:38 PM Mumma Bear :) DH and i always have a little giggle causE I had t... 25/05/2012, 11:20 PM  |
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