My first DD arrived 3.5 weeks early. Labour was 8.5 hours and she was posterior. This time around, second DD arrived 10 days early and labour was 1hr 45min. Second labour was soooooo much easier. Four pushes instead of four hours of pushing! Lovely water birth. There definitely seems to be a trend of subsequent labours being shorter. Good luck with everything!!
DD was born 2 days after her EDD... but was sooo overdue her dates were very wrong .....12.5 hr labour.
DS1 was 14 days late, 3.5 hr labour.
DS2 was induced 10 days late.
One thing with mine though - I suspect my dates may have been off a bit - and as for DD her dates were set by USS & were clearly very wrong. She looked well over 42+ when she was born.
I think babies come when they are ready, whether number 2, 3 or 10... but one thing you can take is that you will quite possibly have a much better labour this time
Oskar was 4 days over and Elijah 3 under. I won't compare to Joshua as he was c/s no labour.
Oskar's birth was faster but a lot to do with him being distressed and a lot of meconium in my waters, so he was vacuum assisted. He was 3 1/2 hours - I didn't get any prelabour or notice anything before active labour. Elijah was all on his own, waters broke spontaneously all clear and he took his time getting through under pubic bone though. I'd say Elijah's birth was better in a lot of ways just longer. He was 12 hours from when I woke at 9 mins apart but active labour probably about 4 hours so very similar to Oskar there. Hope that makes sense... you'll be ok Rachel and it's normal to feel some anxious feelings and have questions as the birth gets closer.
#1 was induced at 36wks for pre-eclampsia 5 hr labour but was already 4cm before they started the induction.
#2 was expected to be early around 32-34wks but we ended up going 4 days overdue before they took pity on me and did an ARM - again already 3cm dilated - 3 hour labour
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her dates were very wrong .....12.5 hr labour.
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