Baby number 2, did they arrive earlier? Was your labor faster?

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I’m due with my second baby. My first was born 2 weeks early exactly and I was in labor 3 hours, start to finish. Fast and furious. I’m a little nervous this next one is going to fly out 😂. If you have more than one kid (especially people who had their first slightly early), did baby 2 come around the same time and was labor longer or shorter for you?

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My second one came a week after her due date and the labor was pretty quick. I think it was a total of 6-7 hours from start of contractions until she was born.

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Went into labor naturally with both baby’s. 1st came at 39 weeks and labor was like 16 hours , pushed for over 2 hours🙄  my 2nd baby came on her due date, pushed for 20 minutes🙌 but I was also much more relaxed with the second because I tried to work with my body instead of tensing up during the contractions. The nurses let me decide when I felt the need to start pushing so that was awesome that i felt much more in control.

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For me 1st came 4 days late, labour was around 8 hours, second came a week early and was less than 3 hours start to finish lol came on insanely fast, pretty much jumped right into active labour. I would say prepare for it to be potentially very very quick this time around lol

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My first came at 38w3d and I had an 18 hour labor, 30 minutes of pushing. I used nitrous oxide to relax between contractions.
My second came at 40w5d, a little over 6 hours of labor, and about an equal amount of time pushing. My contractions stopped and so I didn’t have the assistance while pushing, otherwise I would have delivered much faster. No pain meds.

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Both of mine were about the same time 39w. First was 7hrs in labor second was 1hr in labor. Im so scared of this one coming quicker then the last one.

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First came 38 weeks and 4 days, everything was done in 5 and half hours lol. Second came at 36 weeks and 3 days. 17 hours labor and I pushed 3 times lol.

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My first came 2 days after his due date and I had a 2 day labor. 2nd came on his due date and was in labor for maybe 12 hours.

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First birth: 39wks6d and was 10 hours long. 
Second birth: 39wks4d and was around 5 hours long.

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I was induced both times due to my water breaking and then leaking. 
My first was born 4 days before his due date. My second was born a week early. Dilation took the same amount of time. Roughly 10-11 hours, but I pushed 1.5 hours with my first and 5 minutes with my second.

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My first came at 37w2d.  Water broke but my labor didn’t start, so I was put on pitocin 9 hours later and baby was born about 12 hours after that.  
My second came at 39w4d.  Labor started at 1:30am at home.  I was admitted to the hospital at 4:30am at 4.5 centimeters dilated.  I was really sleepy from taking unisom before going to bed so I asked for an epidural at 5:30am because I wanted to sleep 🙈.  But the anesthesiologist didn’t come til about 5:50 and my contractions were getting so intense they were having trouble helping me stay still.  Well my water broke and I started crowning so epidural did not happen and they had to run to get my husband so he could be there for when my baby arrived at 6:18am.  I call him my “dream baby” because I watched the sun rise with him in my arms and with the sleepiness of the unisom it all just felt so unreal…. Especially since I thought it was going to be an all day thing like my first.   I’m very curious when this third baby will come and how quick my labor will be 🤷🏻‍♀️

Baby number 2, did they arrive earlier? Was your labor faster?

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