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Name: SamanthaLynn

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Has anyone had a short labor for their first or has anyone been told they should havea short labor? My doc told me I should have one and I read that You can go pretty far thro labor and not know it til u cant even speak thro the contractions. Kinda makes me worry I wont make it to the hospital bcuz i never feel anything unless im touching my belly when it gets hard n im dilated 2cm n have dropped really far down. But more than that im frustrated bcuz im not feeling anything happening and im kinda scared about it all hitting me at once.... ↓

Name: BabyDrae12 | Date: May 21st, 2007 12:45 AM

haha Id be happy If i wasnt feeling anything,,,,I wouldnt worry you will feel it in due time...the babys not just gonna fall out (unfortunately() :) ↑

Name: SamanthaLynn | Date: May 21st, 2007 12:46 AM

lol... yea today was one of those days where i heard she looks like she swallowed a watermelon.. was told how huge i am n asked have u popped yet... i reallllllly dont like these kinda days... im trying to EPO tonight am i suppose to use one or two? Hoping it helps sumthing along i dont wanna go over my due date ↑

Name: Starbucks | Date: May 21st, 2007 1:06 AM

I had contractions 6 minutes apart - then 4 - and never felt them (besides with my hand on my belly). My water broke at 5:00am and I had ONE contraction that lasted the entire labor (no ups and downs). I had my baby 8 hours later. That's considered FAST for a first baby.

That was 3 months ago. With this pregnancy I'm going to have to be extra careful to stay near the hospital since it could be as short as a couple hours. But trust me - you'll have time to get there.... it's not as fast as it sounds. No labor is less than a couple hours, and you'd have plenty of time to call 911 if you had to. ↑

Name: Whittni | Date: May 21st, 2007 1:16 AM

I went into labor at midnight and my baby was born at 8:41am....so next time I will have to stay close to the hospital as well! ↑

Name: lil_dancer77 | Date: May 21st, 2007 4:04 AM

curious to know how your doc predicted you would have a short labour? ↑

Name: lana_81 | Date: May 21st, 2007 9:15 AM

my first was 15 hours, second was 12 hours 3rd was 6 and a half hours and 4rth was 3 hours! ↑

Name: Ashley Dawn | Date: May 21st, 2007 11:27 AM

i had to be induced with my first...then 18 hours of labor. i'm hoping with this one it's very short. ↑

Name: junebug | Date: May 22nd, 2007 3:32 AM

my first labor was4 hours second child woke up at 11:50pm and had her at 12:18 in the floor 3rd child they induced and it was 6 and a half hours ↑

Name: SamanthaLynn | Date: May 22nd, 2007 3:57 AM

lil dancer... to answer ur question he didnt tell me how he came up with that but im guessing its cuz my baby has dropped really really low n yet nothing seemed to have changed so he probably figures itll all happen at once? thats my guess anyways. ↑

Name: missmara | Date: May 22nd, 2007 4:52 AM

My doctor thought I was going to have a short labor cause I carried so low, but she was wrong - 23 hours! What was short though was the pushing - I think I pushed 3 times. ↑

Name: Angelcecilia2 | Date: May 22nd, 2007 2:12 PM

Mine was short for a first baby -- 7 1/2 hrs. But I was induced and already dilated to 4 when I went in ↑