Length of labour from first contraction or first REAL contraction??

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Ok. My waters broke with dd1 at 12.30am. First contraction was at about 1.30am. They were 20-30 minutes apart til 6am, then 5 minutes apart all day. I think I got to 4 cm dialated at about 12pm(they expected me to be about 7cm).
When I was only 7cm they were expecting 10, but they got me to push anyway. That was at about 4pm.
She was born at 1856 - 6.56pm.
So...18.5 hours from waters breaking, 13 hours from regular 5 minute contractions, & 7 hours from 4cm, but only went to 7cm.

DD2 was 30 hours from 1st contraction. Pre labour was from 2.15am on Saturday. 10.30pm they were regular & painful, but still 30 minutes apart. I was in alot of pain at 1.30am Sunday, so went up to hossy. They started 5 minutes apart as soon as I got up to get ready to go.
Was 6-7 cm when I got there. She was born at 7.08am.
So...30 hours from 1st contraction. 8.5 hours from painful contractions - Possibly from 4cm??? 5.5 hours from 5 minute apart contractions.

DS - 2 contractions at 5am on Friday morning. Nothing all day. Contractions started 5.15am Saturday morning. about 10 minutes apart. Waters broke at about 6am. Mecconium in it, so went to hossy. Got there about 7.30am & was 5cm dialated. Born at 10.15am
So 5 hours hard & fast - never got the chance to time contractions. & when we did they were all over the place. They never really got regular. Sometimes they were 2 minutes apart, sometimes 5 minutes. Sometimes they were 30sec long, sometimes 1.5 minutes. Right up til birth.

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Can I ask where on the Discharge summary the length of labour is supposed to be?

[~StarBright~]

I had been getting period like pains and belly tightens for about two weeks- but never together and never too strong- then on saturday night I got my first niggles of the both together (belly tighten with the pain) at about 6:30pm- getting about 3 per hour, then from 7:30 to 8:30 i got four then from 8:30-9 i got 3 and called the hospital who advised me to come in as i am a loong drive from hospital and i was supposed to be having another c section (last one was only 1 1/2 years prior and i have had troubles so no VBAC allowed for me...)

We got to the hospital at about 10pm and i was having irregular contraction the whole way there. From 10-12 i had irregular slight pains and was given two panadine forte and rested until about 5am (for those five hours i had one to two slightly more painful contractions an hour and the lower back period pain really started kicking in.

At 5am i had my first real OWIE that brought tears to my eyes i was examined and i was 3cm dialated and from there they came regualrly every few minutes. I was then prepped for the c section but of course my body didnt know that lol so i continued to have contractions for the next hour while the drs etc where getting ready for me- i wasnt examined again and as i said still had the c section- but the midwife said i was probably only an hour or two away from delivery at the time of the c section.

So i guess first stage was about 11 hours- and active labour anywhere from one hour to who knows!! My water never broke- so i think i would have still been a bit of time off having him naturally.

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So i guess first stage was about 11 hours- and active labour anywhere from one hour to who knows!! My water never broke- so i think i would have still been a bit of time off having him naturally.

My waters never broke with DD2. They broke them artificially 5 minutes before she was born.