How was your labor/delivery?

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My first was complicated because my doctor was worried if my young body could handle it. It lasted about 27 hours. I was allergic to the epidural, so I had him naturally. I had an episiotomy and vacuum assistance. He was 7lbs 4 oz 21 inches long

The second was an easy, natural, unmedicated birth with no tearing or anything. A little over 25 hours long. He was 7lbs 13 oz 21.5 inches long.

The third was my quickest at 17-18hours. Also a natural, unmedicated birth, but this time at home. No tearing, but I hemorrhaged about an hour after the birth. He was 7lbs 15 oz 20.5 inches long.

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I don't know how to compare because it was my first. 80 hours in labor at home ending in an emergency c section. The last 6 hours were really hard. But overall it wasn't as bad as I'd imagined. Even the c section was ok for being super traumatic because it was an emergency. I was able to use my hypnobirthing techniques during labor, delivery and pp. I'm not gonna say it was easy. But I am not afraid of labor anymore either.

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Out of the 12 hours of labor, the first 10 were easy... uncomfortable but not unbearable. I remember thinking there was no way that it was this easy. I was still talking and laughing the whole time. 
The last 2 hours were excruciating, scary, and I didn't know if I could get through it. (I was only dilated to a 4 but feeling the urge to push, my baby's heart rate was dropping, I was panicking, and nobody was telling me what was going on)
 And then I got to push...which was not painful at all. It was a relief. And 11 minutes later she was here :)

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17 hours start to finish, natural vaginal birth and it went perfectly 😍

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Labour started at about 11pm with my oldest and at 10:.40am  or so I started pushing. In 3 pushes at 10:45 am she was born. About the same with my youngest went to work and throughout the day I had light cramping. I went after work, got checked still had been 2cm and nothing. By 10-11:30pm I was getting really bad cramping and I was in lots of pain from contractions. And at 3:00 am I was finally able to push and again 2-3 pushes and she was out by :305 am.

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Ugh... C section with my first daughter was fine. Recovery was a bit rough, but hey, it's major abdominal surgery can be hard to recover from!  😂

Labour with my second. Wowsers. It was fast- 2.5 hours from start to finish, and only 4 pushes. No time for an epidural. However recovery was easier than a section! I can safely say I'll be sent home with a home delivery kit this time...

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