Mothers: How long did your labors take?

First: 40 weeks, 36 hours, gas and air for pain relief, 9lb 3oz boy

Second: 40 weeks, 18 hours, gas and air, 8lb 12 oz boy

Third: 40 weeks, labour n/a as they pretty quickly realised baby was a sneaky missed breech, emergency cesarean with a spinal, 7lb 10oz girl.

Ultimately birth and delivery are a means to an end. It doesn't matter how a baby arrives, how long it takes, or what drugs are/aren't used so long as a baby arrives safely and the mother is safe and well too. It's the years that follow the delivery that are the important bit!

2 hours 15 mins with my first hope my second is as short haha

From 11:20 am until 720 the next morning :/

My 1st took 24 hours, my 2nd was 12, and my 3rd was also 12 hrs. I think the 2nd 3rd are always shorter....but it also depends on how many years the pregnancies are apart from each other

I've only had one and it was pretty good - 7.5 hours in total (6.5 hours established labour & 1 hour pushing.) Healthy boy born at 3:31pm weighing 7lb, 13oz. He came early at 38.5 weeks.

1st water broke @ 41 weeks at 9:15am and had her at 1:44am the next night natural

2nd I miscarried

3rd I am almost 35 weeks along.

2 and a half hours