I'm a little confused and getting a little nervous.

I'm trying to understand my births and what to expect 3rd time around.

Unfortunately i don't have too much information on DS1 apart from that it was a 23 hour labour. It started naturaly at about 2am on the Sunday, had contractions at home until about 1pm on the Sunday, went to hospital and continued to labour there until DS1 was finally born at 12:49am on the Monday morning. I only ever used the gas.

With DS2 everyone said he would be quicker but as to how quick i had no idea what to expect. Less that 23 hours would have been great.

He ended up being much quicker and a week early. My waters broke 8am on a Tuesday and they were heavily meconium stained. I was sent off the the hospital. Onset of 1st stage was 11:30am pretty much half an hour after arriving at the hospital. 1st stage lasted 3:00, 2nd stage 0:09 and 3rd stage 0:04 so a total of 3:13. I only ever used gas.

As there was meconium i was given synto and from memory they begun that about 12ish. The paperwork says "Syntometrine 1ml IM".

My questions are what do you think i should expect 3rd time around? I have early vibes just as both boys were early. DS1 only 4 days and DS2 7 days.

I know i was induced due to the meconium in my waters but my labour had begun on it's own prior to this happening. Is there any way of knowing how much of my labour would have been made quicker because of the synto?

Should i be preparing for a labour quicker than 3hrs??

And do you think it'll happen sooner than 7 days to go?

What has been your expereince with subsequent births and their lengths?

Lots of questions i know but i'd really love to hear others expereinces with or without the use of induciton.

Thanks so much ladies