Following on from a different thread regarding transition, I have a few questions (didn't want to hijack that thread).

What is the "average" length of time for transition? I know it would vary from labour to labour & person to person, but wondered if there was an average.

Is there anything you can do to make it go faster? Not medically or with intervention so to speak, but naturally?

If labour stalls at transition for a first baby, is it likely to happen again? Is there anything you can do before labour to have a shorter transition? Again, as naturally as possible.


The reason I ask is that I was at 9cm at 7pm Saturday night & still at 1.30am Sunday I hadn't delivered Zander so was whisked off for a c/s. I wasn't having internals all that often at that point, but had been freaking out for around an hour before I was said to be at 9cm. So that said, I was probably in transition for 7 hours. Is that normal????

I do believe though that my labour stalled due to my support giving way at that time. My midwife had to end her shift (she had already done 3hrs overtime for me & wasn't allowed to do anymore) and when the new one came on everything came crashing to a halt. Is it possible that I had a long transition because the changeover just happened to be at that time & if it had happened earlier progression would have stopped earlier?

I know no-one can say for sure, but I want to be as prepared as possible for when I finally have #2