Ive no idea on how far dilated i was having a homebirth and all. But with Jackson i had my first contraction at around 8pm. The next an hour later and then another at 11. Then 11:30pm. Then at 12am they were around 10 minutes apart. So i considered my labour to have started at 12am. At 1am they went to 7 minutes and that is where they stayed until transition. Labour was 5 hours. They werent very painful at all. I could easily breath through them until i was around 9cms.

Different story with Orson. I didnt knopw i was in labour until transition. I had 5 contractions varying between 6 minutes and 2 minutes but they were't painful at all so i thought they were braxtion hicks. All of a sudden they were so painful and less than a minute apart!