Very overdue = short labour?

[morgan78]

Mel - dont wish for a quick labour DD came 2 hrs after my waters broke and those 2hrs were absolute hell she came down way to quick.
Good luck and hope that something starts for you soon - You'll have a fantastic VBAC.

[Ellibam]

DS was 42+1 and an induced labour of 8 hours(pure hell)
DD was 41+2 natural birth and labour of 12 hours and it was pure bliss!! very little pain compared to ds

[BekZ]

Both my girls were born on the edd. DD1 was a 10 hour labour and very managable with pain, DD2 came in 3 hours and the last hour was so painful that I can't remember much. I much prefered the longer labour!!!

All the best and wishing you a wonderful birth experience

[Arimeh]

I just wouldn't be very happy if I waited all this time, and then had a 3 day labour or something.. lol...

I think anything under 12 I will be happy with (did you hear that Rabbit? Be nice to mummy.. )

[mbear]

2hrs were absolute hell she came down way to quick.

totally agree, mine were all fast and furious. Still had my shoes on with one of them !! LOL.

Good luck hon, ive been watching out for the annoucements....all your buddies must have left you by now......not to worry, your lil one is waiting for its grand entrance.....good luck.

[LuluHB]

I was 9 days over with DD#2 and she was born 10 minutes after my waters broke - 4cms dilated to birth in 10 minutes so thank God I'd already gone to the hospital!! I had had so much pre-labour though that it was the joke in my house that I'd be sitting surrounded in a pool of amniotic fluid before I would actually accept I was in actual, real labour.

DD#1 at 5 days over was 35 hours.

Good luck for a quick, safe birth very soon.

[Janie]

Mel, I was in labour with DS for 14 hours (at 35 weeks, but still a big head , and posterior). It was lovely, and I can't wait to go back I would maybe ask for a couple of hours less next time, because I was quite tired after about 12 hours, but it was still great!

[~Raven~]

Mel - dont wish for a quick labour DD came 2 hrs after my waters broke and those 2hrs were absolute hell she came down way to quick.

Well I didn't want to say it quite like that but that's exactly what I meant with my previous post Mel. Not quite absolute hell in my case but the shorter ones were harder to cope with.