It wasn't the case for me.

I was induced with DS1, had gels only and then waters broke spontaneously and contractions started pretty much on top of each other. Labour all up was 2 hours 5 mins.

With DS2, I had a spontaneous labour, however he wasn't positioned well and after 10 hours of pretty hard labour I ended up having to have an emergency c/s as he just wasn't descending down the birth canal. DS2 was a whole kilo heavier than DS1 though.

There are just so many variables when it comes to labour and birth. I honestly thought DS2 was going to be out within an hour of going in to labour, how wrong was I!!!