For those that have had more than 1!

[Fleur]

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

Good luck

[~Trish~]

My DS1 was 8 days overdue, DS2 was 5 days overdue.

My second labour was much quicker too

I'd love to know what happens with third babies LOL!

[Ozziehoffy]

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.

[Muffy]

DS was 6 days early with a 7 hour labour
DD was 3 days early with a 4 hour labour

[ubba82]

My first I was induced, 11 days over and had a 12 hr labour.

My 2nd I was induced, 12 days over and had a 2 hr labour.

[~Saram~]

#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

[rach2281]

Well my first 2 are very special I think they are connected in some other way.

Ethan: 37wks 4 days, 6pds 110z, born sunday @ 11.19am - 7/11/2004
Lilli: 37wks 4days, 6pds 110z, born sunday @ 11. 29am - 15/6/2008
We are going for a trifector for this bubs,

Ethan's labour was quick, 6hrs in total
Lilli, well she was a bugger. I dilated over several wks to 3cm, then took 2 days of pre-labour to get to 4cm. However when i got to 4cm (which was 7.30am), it was 4 hrs from there, which included 20mins of pushing.

[Khaleesi]

DD1 arrived at 38wks after a 17hr labour
DD2 arrived at 39wks after 2hr & 30 min labour