2nd Labour - Earlier/Later, Faster/Longer ??

[mummy2aiden]

Was your 2nd labour earlier or later? Faster or longer? Was your baby bigger or smaller? What I've read/heard is its usually earlier, faster and a smaller baby .. Just curious if it actually was or not? I'm having a VBAC very soon .. Counting down the hours/days/weeks .. lol ..

[Tinks]

My 2nd labour was by far the most painful but was much quicker than the 1st. My first baby was 2 weeks eary, 2nd was 7 days overdue and smaller.

[Khaleesi]

DD1 38wks, 17hrs & 7lb 2oz
DD2 39wks, 2hrs & 8lb

So Later, faster & bigger, good luck with your VBAC

[BrightSparkles]

DD1 - 18 hours, 4 days over, 4.02kg
DD2 - 5.5hours, 7 days over, 3.880kg

[OceanPrincess]

Good one M2A

I can offer my sister's stats while waiting for mine
#1 DD: 8hrs, 10 days over sponteneous labour, 4.1kg
#2 DS: 6hrs, 2wks over and induced, 4.4kg

[ShootingStar]

1. DS: 11hrs, 2 days over, 8lb 9oz
2. DD: 16.5hrs, 3 days over, 7lb 12oz

[Epacris]

DS: 2.5 hours, 4 days early, 3.94kg (8lb 110z)
DD: 45 minutes, 4 days late, 3.805kg (8lb 3oz)

Faster, later, smaller.

[MrsFabuloso]

DD- 37 1/2wks, induced, 23hour labour, gas and 2 pethadine shots, 3.6kgs
DS- 40w 3d, totally natural labour, not sure how long it was though I turned up at hospital at 6pm 8cm dialated after probablly labouring for at least the afternoon and DS was born in no more than an hour, 4.2kgs

My second labour was by far the better one. Even though I had pre labour for a looong time before it, I laboured at home and did it all by myself, I healed much more quickly, I was alert when baby was born and was on such a high after it. My first labour was a bit traumatic for me.

[hollymaedream]

no 1. 39wks 12hrs 8pd 4oz
no 2. 39wks 8hrs 8pd 8oz
no 3. 39wks 2hrs 9pd 2oz
no 4. 40wks 4hrs 10pd 2oz
no 5. due 10th july 2010

[Fleur]

DD1 - 40+3 (but very wrinkled & I knew they had my dates wrong!) 12.5 hours - 8lb10
DS1 - 40+12 - 2.5 - 9lb13
DS2 - 40+10 Emergency CS after induced labour of around 8 hours - 8lb13
DD2 - 40+10 VBAC 5 hours - 10lb8

All over the place