quick births, are subsequent births quicker?

clairec79

You may be surprised - 3rd babes are notorious for being strange and not doing what you expect (I don't do quick labours but my third was closer in length to my first than my second)

While I can see your logic for the being induced and having things controlled with regard to the bleeding afterwards an induction actually increases the risk of you haemorraging - so they are trying to weigh the two things against each other

gratefulforhelp_2

Not necessarily quicker - well first stage no, second stage yes.

DD1 40 min 2nd stage, DD2 4 min!!!

eta that's funny about Shergar!

Really, though, I think you need to be prepared to have a massive tantrum until someone talks this through with you, and I would find out who is in charge of patient care/customer service at the hospital and write to them demanding some proper attention.

BeenieCat

My first labour was too quick, almost didn't make it in time and went from sleeping in my bed quite happily, to having just given birth within an hour :eek:

Midwives said my 2nd time would be quicker and urged a home birth, which i did. But luckily the 2nd labour was a lot more textbook and i had time to realise i was in labour. 2.5 hours from first contraction to birth.

DON79

Hello, my first labour was 6 1/2 hours, second was 2 hours 20 minutes and third was officially counted as 1 hour 43 minutes - so have to say yes am afraid - certainly in my case....

However with my third birth which was at home - I had minimal blood loss compared to the first two births. Hubby even said that there was barely any blood at all this time compared to the first two times so it may not be as severe this time around.

I also had childcare issues which is why I got in touch with the home birth team, I was still planning on hospital but in the end I didn't have time to get there unfortunately. But I am now glad it was a home birth.

best wishes xx

mumslave

First labour 10 hours
Second: 7 hours
Third: 6 Hours
Fourth: I would say about 4 hours, but arrived 30 minutes after we arrived at the hospital. i lived 45 minutes drive away and I tell you know, that drive was hell! I considered a home birth, but I knew if anything went wrong i would never forgive myself. As it was, fraser was born with an infection and high temp because he had done his business in my waters.

Katyag

Yes Ive heard that too, baby #3 is an unknown birth lol!!!

Ive been induced with my first 2, Im slow to start but my second stage is over in a flash! With #1 pushing was 11 mins and with #2 on my official notes pushing was less than a minute!!! Once I hit 4cms its pop, babys here!!!

So if I can get started myself this time it will be panic stations if I get to 4 again!!!

That said, getting to that stage with #1 took 30 hours! With #2 it took 3 days!!! Surely #3 cant be worse!!!!

Good luck to you, birth is a wonderful achievement however it happens!

Bitsy_Beans

mumslave wrote: »

First labour 10 hours
Second: 7 hours
Third: 6 Hours
Fourth: I would say about 4 hours, but arrived 30 minutes after we arrived at the hospital. i lived 45 minutes drive away and I tell you know, that drive was hell! I considered a home birth, but I knew if anything went wrong i would never forgive myself. As it was, fraser was born with an infection and high temp because he had done his business in my waters.

I had a 15 min drive from my house to the hospital and it was AGONY. My H was driving as carefully as he could and I swear I could feel every lump and bump in the road! I am not sure I'd want a 4 mile journey in the middle of my labour

If I were you I'd be shouting very loudly to someone other than your booking in MW about your concerns. As lovely as a homebirth would be is it wise considering your previous history of bleeds?
Good luck and i hope you get something sorted.

mumslave

lol mine was a 27 mile and as i found out when I arrived at the hospital I was fully dilated! I could barely walk to the labour suite! I remember the contractions were coming every 3-4 minutes and i really thought i was going to have him in the tipper truck I was in! hehehehe. Happy memories

clairehi

Given your history I am surprised you have not had a referral to see a consultant already this pg. Suggest you go to the GP and explain how anxious you are (anyone would be!) hopefully they can refer you to a consultant who can talk you through possible scenarios. Sure ly you cant be the only person they have ever seen living in a rural area at risk from PPH.

You definitely need a backup plan for transfer to hospital if your DH is not around, is there a friend or neighbour who you could call on to take you in (also to look after other kids?).

thatgirlsam

definitley ask for an appointment with your consultant, he or she will be the one deciding if you need an early induction or not

your midwife is the expert in the 'normal' and anything deviating from that should be looked at by your consultant or a member of their team

i would say with your history there is a very high chance they will push for an early induction