My first was an emergency c sect at 34 weeks, with dd2 I was told to expect an 8 hour labour, I had a lot of pre labour early on from 35 weeks the contractions were very strong so I was on nifedipine for 2 weeks. It stopped working, I had an on with my ob early in the day and was barely dilated but the contractions got stronger that afternoon and my eaters started to leak. My waters got broken and it turned out to be a fast labour of 40 minutes. I didn't even realise it was happening that fast until a midwife noticed I was pushing while they were filling out paperwork for an epi, they had told me the pain was going to be that intense until morning, so I said I couldn't cope and a few minutes later dd arrived. I had a tear and needed stitches I am guessing because I had no idea what was happening, I was dazed but happy to have had a vbac. With ds my waters broke at home after 5.5 weeks of bed rest due to ds being engaged and lots of contractions. This time I was dilated about 3cm for the last few weeks and I felt more prepared. He took an hour because his shoulder was stuck but I didn't tear at all even though he was 9pd 11. The hardest part for me was the bed rest with other kids from 34 weeks and not knowing if I would get to the hospital on time which we barely did with ds.