I just wanted to add - similar to mbear i had a quick second stage - 8 minutes (by my reckoning - 18 according to hospital).

This is a great line from the article When she "pushes" spontaneously, does it begin at the very beginning of the sensation or is it just at the peak? If it is just at the peak, it is an indication that there is still some dilating to do. That first kind of pushing, it's like a grunt - by sound and feel, even sounds like mooing, like it's helping you get through it. The actual birthing push - you feel like your whole body is into it...