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I was in labor for 28 long, tiring hours with dd so anything under 12 next time would be wonderful!!

Anything under 12 hours. This is coming from a girl who was in active labor for.....26ish hours.

I think anything under 10 hours would be pretty fast.

I definitely think anything under 12 hours!

I'd say under 12. That being said, I was in labour for almost 44 hours, so anything shorter than 24 would be ideal.

From the time my water broke to delivery was about 19 hours, but I was only having contractions for about 6 or 7 hours. I think an entire labor that is 8 or less hours is fast.

I'm thinking 8 hours since my labor with lo was 11 hours. My sil had a baby 2 weeks ago and her labor was 2.5 hours (including pushing).

Anything under 12 hours I consider fast for a first child, anything under 8 for a second.

I would have been thrilled with even 24 hours with my first... I was not so lucky.

Under 12 for a first child.

Under 12 for a first child. Under 6 for a second or more.

Id consider under 12 short. lol. Mine was 45!

I agree under 12 for a first seems pretty quick. I was almost 25 hours from first contraction to baby in arms, but things didn't te really painful for more than twelve hours after first contraction. I didn't feel like I had a long labor since active labor was probably ten hours, and pushin was pretty quick.

Under 12

If 18 hours is average for a first time delivery, my mind would think 9 hours or less is fast.

My water broke at about 3 a.m. on a Wednesday, LO was born around 11 a.m. Thursday, which sounds like 32 hours, but my contractions didn't start until about 8 p.m. so it felt like ”only” 15 hrs. I don't know how to measure!

After having a 36 hour labor with my first, I'd say anything that is half that long is "fast."

But probably anything under 8 is truly fast.

6h.
I say 12h is "good" but if we're saying "oh that's fast", then i'd go with 6h and under.
Mine was 8h and I felt like it was just right. I didn't get too tired, but it wasn't like nurses were scrambling around because of how fast it was

Under 10.

I also get confused about what "active labor" is. When you start having contractions 5 mins apart? When you go to he hospital? I had contractions from 30 weeks on and so even though I delivered T 12 hrs after arriving to hospital it did not feel quick!

Under 3 hours.

My entire L&D with LO2 was only 45 MINUTES once the contractions started!

I think under 12 hours too.

I was 8 hours from first contractions to baby in arms, and people usually comment that that's a pretty quick labour for a first time mom.

@Rainbow Sprinkles: Hmmm, what is a fast labor? Personally, I feel like 6 hours is my cutoff for being "regular" (>6 hours) vs fast. But that's just my perspective, which might have been different a few months ago.