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Hi! I am 38 weeks pregnant with baby number 2. DD1 was born at 40 +5 days. Heaps of people keep telling me that this baby will most likely come earlier than what DD did and I was just wanting to know what your experiences are with this. Did your second birth occur earlier than your first? How similar was it to your first labour? Thanks for sharing.
Well i have had 5 babies and all 5 have come on different times to when they were due, but the one thing for me that was common was that my labours got easier, i think because i knew what to expect and knew how to deal with my body, all my labours became shorter as well.
My first baby was over due by 2 days, my second over due by 9 days, (may have been even longer but i was induced), my third was overdue by 5 days, my 4th was born the day before her due date and my 5th was 2 weeks early.
My first labour was 10 hours, second was 5, third was 1 hour 45min, 4th was 2 hours 10min and she was born in the caul (sac) and 5th 2 hours 5min.
from what i have learnt babies come when they are ready :D
hth
My first was 11 days early, 23 hour labour. My 2nd was 7 days early, 3 1/2 hour labour. Easier and much faster labour 2nd time around. Good luck!
I have had 2 babies but my second was induced due to gestational diabetes. I am not GD this time and baby is measuring pretty much to dates so I just want to subscribe to this thread because I have wondered this same thing myself about subsequent babies arrival in relation to their due dates.
Sorry, I'm not much help :)
ok DD was induced 3 weeks early labour was 4 hrs
DS1 was 10 days over and induced again 45 minute labour
DS2 was 10 days late not induced and a 55 minute labour.
Babies come when they are ready, best of luck. I must say my second and third labours were easier as i knew what to expect and was actually more prepared
DD1 was 15 days early.
DD2 was 4 days early.
The second labour was much faster and a bit more intense because of that.
Hi there,
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!!
Nik
Rachel I'm in exactly the same boat. I'm 38 weeks pg with #2 and have been wondering about my second labour. Tan32 you have scared the crap out of me. My first was 3 1/2 hours and I am worried my second is going to be a rocket. I matched my mum's first labour to the minute (even the same length stages) and her second labour was natural and 1 1/2 hrs. I'm really thankful I live really close to the hospital. I'm thinking I might be a bit quick this time but Tan32 you don't mess around, LOL!! Rachel as a rule of thumb (never forget there are exceptions to every rule) that the second is quicker and easier because your body knows what it is doing this time and dilates and effaces at the same time and 2nd stage is quicker as the path is paved so to speak. Fingers crossed your have an amazing birth.
Going to keep a close eye on this thread.
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
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!
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.
DS was 6 days early with a 7 hour labour
DD was 3 days early with a 4 hour labour
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.
#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
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, :lol:
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.
1st ws 14 dys early, water broke but no contractions followed. 5 hr induced labour
2nd was induced 7 days over. 2 hr labour
3rd was about 2 weeks over, I was induced and had a 56 min labour.
DD1 arrived at 38wks after a 17hr labour
DD2 arrived at 39wks after 2hr & 30 min labour
Both mine came at exactly 39 weeks and they both broke their own water.....my labours were rubbish so we won't go there.
My first labour was induced at 37 1/2wks due to leaking hind waters. 23 hr labour. DD was so not ready to come! I had a horrible long labour with her.
My second was totally natural onset and labour. Pre labour for a few weeks. DS was born an hour after I got to hospital. I don't actually know how long labour was cause I didn't really think it was it! But my second experience was sooooo much nicer, I actually 'enjoyed' labour (as much as one can!) and it makes me think I could do it all again if every labour is like that!
DD arrived 10 days over, spontaneous labour, 72 hours (probably 24 of that 'pre labour' but I don't care, it still HURT!)
DS arrived 10 days over, spontaneous labour, 5 hours from first niggle to birth - so much shorter.
In hindsight I can't say that my second labour was 'better' than the first, despite it being much shorter. My labour with DD was very long but it was a much gentler progression and I coped with the pain a lot better.
DS1 was 40+2, DS2 was 36+3. Both were quick, easy labours.
All of mine came earlier than the first. I am told it is because your body "is experienced" after the first and thus gets everything under way more efficiently - or some such stuff.
Every labour was different - except for all being too damn long for my liking, lol.
DD1 was a 10 hr 25 mins labour and 3 days early
DD2 was a 6 hours labour and 5 days late....MUCH easier and better labour
DS was a 3 hrs 30 mins labour....7 days late and the BEST labour ever!
Thanks for all your replies ladies....it seems that subsequent labours definitely are faster which is nice (even though my first labour was fine). Although I am not hearing that second babies come earlier!! This is ashame, lol. I am just going to ignore everybody that keeps saying to me that second babies come earlier and go back to my original way of thinking that I am going overdue. Love reading your replies though...keep them coming!
My first baby was about 6 hours of labour and 1 hour of pushing. She came the day after her due date. Ny water broke on it's own before we went to the hospital. Labour was pretty intense, and I felt overwhelmed at the time, but recovery went really well, and I had no more fears about it when I became pregnant again.
Second baby I expected to be much faster. But my waters stayed intact, and labour didn't progress as fast as I hoped! She was also 7 hours, start to finish - but with 5-10 min of pushing, not an hour. She came 6 days before her due date.
Third baby was different from both. My midwife says that's typical. :dunno: With her, I was expecting/hoping to go early again, but after a round or two of false labour, she finally arrived one day after her due date. I had a homebirth this time. I laboured from 7 am to 5 pm or so, in "light" labour - prodromal labour, I guess it's called. Was at 4cm in the morning, and 4 cm at night. :( But then they broke my water, and things REALLY picked up. My "actual" labour time, recorded on my paperwork is 1.5 hours, I think. She was born after 2 pushes.
And, though labour may differ from one baby to the next, as the other mums have said - it generally goes better the second, third,.... whatever, time around, because you know what to expect, and your body knows what it's doing.
All the best for a lovely birth! I hope those last weeks go fast! I find things drag so badly in the last few days - almost made me crazy!
1st Labour was 12 days over and went for 10 hours, horrible forcep delivery,
2nd Labour 5 days over spontaneous labour (can't give you a exact length as I my contractions never got closer than 8 mins apart "light labour" but went for nearly 24 hours until I was ready to push and I only pushed for 30 mins, really great birth loved it. Said I would do it again straight after, no drugs. Even though it was a long 24 hours it was really managable because of the length in between contraction. My DH and I were actually a little bored in hospital,:redface:
My Ob said 2nd births are just so different from 1st deliveries that you can't compare them.
Good Luck, Look forward to reading your story when bubs arrives
Thanks ladies.