Are labor contractions long?

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Like 2+ minutes? Or shorter?

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It varies between the start of labor and the end as well as from woman to woman and pregnancy to pregnancy. Unmedicated contractions will usually start our short (30sec-1min). The 4-1-1 or 5-1-1 rule is used as a benchmark for progress in labor meaning that when your contractions are 4 or 5 minutes apart and last a minute each and this continues for one hour you are usually in active labor and having good, strong, productive contractions. Later and through transition they may get longer like 90sec-2 minutes and are sort of like a wave they start of slow peak at the middle and ease off at the end. Something to note though is that with induction, specifically with Pitocin, contractions can become not only more intense and closer together but also longer. This happens because your body naturally produces oxytocin in waves whereas pitocin is given at a continuous rate.

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Mine lasted for about a minute

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They lasted about a minute for me

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I've had two kiddos thus far and I've never had any last that long. That's not to say that they can't but I personally have never heard of them lasting that long nor have I experienced it.

Are labor contractions long?

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