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I don't know the answer but I do think you and your pelvis should teach a class. My pelvis and I would definitely sign up!

I would be worried about really fast labor if that was the case!

@MenagerieMama: ohhhhh my gosh. did you have an epidural? I did and I was completely numb and couldn't feel a thing tip the very end, but i think it prevented me from doing a good job pushing.

@yellowbird: I did thank goodness! But I definitely felt a lot at the end with pushing. I was getting so exhausted they tried to have me rest every other but it was too agonizing for me to sit through one without pushing. I thought for sure they'd have to vacuum her out in the end. She just ended up being way bigger than we thought! Should have known since my husband, me, and my brother were all big babies.

@anonysquire: we're just all jealous!! Go you and your falling out babies much better than turning yourself inside out pushing!

@anonysquire: With my first, I had to push for an hour and with my second, I pushed for 10 minutes. So I suspect with your second, he'll just fly out!

@anonysquire: It's possible your body was really effective at moving her down while you were in labor! And it sounds like it wouldn't be surprising if the next time around things could happen pretty quickly too. I'd be prepared if I were you!

I pushed for 10 minutes and hardly felt anything thanks to a great epidural, but it never occurred to me to think of what would happen a next time around.

@anonysquire: I have a friend who didn't push her second baby out. She was on the hospital bed and heard crying. He just slipped out. Her first was a little longer labor.

I think I pushed for about an hour. My epidural was great, so pushing wasn't that bad.

@anonysquire: She had a decent epidural going. Sometimes, you don't notice them with one. I missed a few bad ones because the drugs were good. It's possible that's what happened to her.

@spaniellove: You're back!!

I would expect your labor to be a bit faster, hopefully you won't have the "pleasure" of experiencing pushing I had black eyes with all three of mine because of the pushing. Worst part ever!!

@birdofafeather: I don't think I labored down long enough, none of my epi's worked that well so I felt mass amounts of pain. Not laboring down long enough forced me to push way harder and longer than most second and third labors. It hurt to blink for the longest time!!

I would think it will happen again but probably even faster.

I pushed with my first for 45 minutes. It was sooooo much faster with my second. Like the contractions did most of the work and I just pushed a few times and she was out. At the end I could feel my body pushing her out and I wasn't even pushing! It was crazy and I got scared and panicked. Lol everyone had to calm me down.