I used the shower (at hossy...i went into labour while i was there) for approx 1 hour. i dragged a chair in there so that i could do some hip rocks or sit backwards on it to help ease through the contractions or just held on to it to help get through each contraction. i would have used it longer i think if i had of had more support from ppl in there. the m/w just helped turn it on and get me out of the gown and DH (bless him) was sleeping soundly away...(this was around 2am). in the end i got out as i was starting to feel quite weak in the legs and just wanted to rest my limbs. i found that it really helped to distract me. at that point contrax were about 1 minute apart and lasting for ages at a time so needed to vary my coping strategies. about 30 minutes later i hit transition and 30 minutes after that i started pushing...so i think that it helped me ease into the next really intense transition stage alot and got things going...HTH