SECOND time (or more) moms: question for ya - how was the second labor compared to the first? Faster? Slower? More or…

Faster ! Less pushing and no epidural :) it was easy! still painful but I knew how to breathe the second time around a lot better

My second was super fast and no epidural also

Second labor was way faster (2 hours from start to finish) and I didn’t have time to get an epidural. Third time was also fast (four hours from start to finish) but I had time to get an epidural that time.

Ok geez I’m excited for it to be potentially faster but nervous even more now! Lol

@dpushknockx, I think having your first baby is terrifying because you have no idea what to expect! The second time around, I had horrible anxiety going into it, but once I was actually at the hospital, I felt so much more confident because I knew what to expect and there was nothing surprising or unexpected like the first time around. You got this!

Much faster & I had an epi with both

1st was 17 hours 2nd was 8 hours. Baby came out extremely quickly too which wasn't the case with my 1st

My 1st I had a 12 hr total labor 40+3 with my 1st, had an epidural and she crowned on her own I pushed 2 or 3 times and she was out. My 2nd I had about 9 or 10 hr total labor I was Induced at 39+4 due to elevated bp. I had an epidural and she crowned on her own again and I pushed 2-3 times. So pretty similar.

My first baby (42wks) I was admitted at 4am had baby at 10am (with epi). Second baby (41wks) I was admitted at 1am had baby at 6am (epi wore off), and third baby(39wks), was admitted at 3am had baby before noon. They gave me oxytocin because I wasn't progressing fast enough. In hindsight I would have denied it, but whatever. No epi, just some IV drugs which got cut off half way though the whole deal.

Recovery was 500000x better without epidural.

@mammablackbear, why was recovery better? I don’t remember much but I don’t remember being in pain long!

My first labor was 12 hours, second was 12 and a half and third was 2 days 🤦🏻‍♀️

Slower, labor time was the same, but when it came to pushing, I only pushed for 14 minutes with my first, I pushed for an hour with my second. I had an epidural with both, my 3rd and 4th labor and delivery went quicker, same with epidural.

@mommy_x3, oh geez!

for me it was easier and so much faster after each kid

My second was traumatizing.. he got stuck, so I ended up pushing for, no joke, 5 hours!! My first was a breeze. I had the epidural, but it wasn’t as effective as with my first. I couldn’t feel anything w my first, my second.. I could still move my legs and they just felt like they were slightly numb. The doctors had to help me w the delivery by using the clamps to help pull my baby out. Needless to say.. I was glad it was over.

1st 19 hours 2nd 12 hours barely pushed and he was out 3rd 32 hours of excruciating pain!! WTF

@vanessac83, that is so scary!!

@lesleyandjustinsimpson, wow!! So literally it just doesn’t matter. Every pregnancy and labor is just different. You can have 20 kids and the last one may be the hardest haha

@dpushknockx, very true! I didn’t expect this last one to be so hard but if I had it to do over I probably wouldn’t have been induced! I just didn’t want to have a big baby and have to end up having a csection or something but it was bad and they turned my epidural off so I felt most of it and pushed for like 2 hours! 😩 but yes it’s all different for everyone. It’s nice to get some comparisons tho

@Dpushknockx my back hurt for days/weeks after the epidural. When I dint get one, I was literally painting my living room 5 days after lol I felt fantastic.