How long was your first labor from that first contraction to birth?

Question

I'm interested in how long women labored giving birth to their first child.

Answer 1

I labored for 28 long hours!! It would have gone faster but I stopped dialating when I got to 8 centimeters and I wanted a natural birth and refused penicilin. It was worth it though!

Answer 2

28 hours :)

Answer 3

I was in labor from 8am to 11pm but I had no idea.  My baby was transverse and I was having little cramping all day, they say it was only cramping because his head was not pushing down.  My baby was born around 11 by c section. Guess I was lucky I didnt have to deal with too much pain

Answer 4

I was in active labor for 2.5 hours, pushed the babies out in 45 min. so all in all from labor to birth a little over 3 hours.

Answer 5

24 hours, then 3 hours of pushing, then an emergency c-section

Answer 6

8 hours.

Answer 7

19 hours

Answer 8

16 hours

Answer 9

2 hours my first, second 6 hours due to an epidural, 19 mins my 3rd child.   I took after my mother she was not in labor long with myself or my siblings.

Answer 10

37  minutes. Thank God!!!  

Answer 11

With my first, I felt my first labor pain around 7pm, and I didn't deliver him until 432pm the next day.  And I pushed for 2 1/2 hours, but I pushed for so long because my epidural worked a little too well.

Answer 12

14 hours.

Answer 13

22 hours.

Answer 14

36 agonizing hours.  

Answer 15

My very first contraction was on Monday May 7th.... I didn't have my son until Friday, May 11th.

I actually had an appointment that Monday, and the midwife told me that she would see me at the hospital later... RIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!

I went to the hospital on Wednesday night because they got to the point where they were about 5 minutes apart. After several hours.. they sent me back home...

Then I went again Thursday night/Friday morning at 2am, and after 4 hours of monitoring, they admitted me. They broke my water around 2:00pm.. and my son came into the world at 2:28pm.

Answer 16

I was in labor for almost exactly 16 hours. My water never broke so that made it last longer. Once the doctor broke my water, our son was born 50 minutes later. Good luck.

Answer 17

my moms 10 hours

Answer 18

42 hours and 36 mins!  Brutal!!

Answer 19

around 15 hours.

Answer 20

Mine was 15 hours.