https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 21 May 2026 22:14:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time/page/2#post-1347672 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 20:15:11 +0000 chopsuey 1347672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: I pushed for 2 hours with my 1st. Pushed for 13 mins with my 2nd! </p> <p>Start to finish was 12 hours with DD<br /> Start to finish 3-4 hours with DS. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time/page/2#post-1347617 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 19:58:55 +0000 woodentulip 1347617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first, I pushed for four hours...and the recovery afterward was he**!!! With number two, I pushed four times, or about...3 minutes? So fast! And recovery was so.much.better after! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time/page/2#post-1347430 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 18:55:53 +0000 KT326 1347430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pushed for just under 3 hours. I only know how long it was because we wanted him to get here before our nurse went off duty at 3pm. I started pushing at 12pm after laboring down for an hour and he was born at 2:54pm :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time/page/2#post-1347364 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 18:23:30 +0000 yellowbird 1347364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@AprilK: that is what I needed to hear! I so hope that is what it's like for #2 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time/page/2#post-1346970 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:20:25 +0000 MapleMoose 1346970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Total pushing was about 5 hours, 3-4 to get her down and rotate her because she was sunny side up, then another 1.5-2 to get her out of the birth canal and she got stuck at the end which seemed like an eternity. I'm hoping the next one is a lot quicker. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time/page/2#post-1346413 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:14:10 +0000 Chocoholic 1346413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pushed for 2.5 hours with epi. It didn't seem that long at all though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time/page/2#post-1346213 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:37:26 +0000 knittylady 1346213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm going to ask my midwife is she took notes! I've always wanted to know these things! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time/page/2#post-1346172 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:25:22 +0000 lavender 1346172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pushed for 2 hours and could've killed the nurse on duty. She was soooooooooo preppy and was like "almost there!" for literally the whole entire time. I'm due in less then 6 weeks and hoping for a much faster L&amp;D. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time/page/2#post-1346121 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:11:40 +0000 Vegmama 1346121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: Our midwives document each stage of labor, so I have a little list of: onset of contractions, membrane rupture, pushing, birth, and placenta. Otherwise, we don't have clocks in our house, so I would have no clue!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time/page/2#post-1345586 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 11:27:53 +0000 Bluebonnet 1345586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, so scared of another long labor. Last time I pushed for 3 hours. I was so exhausted at the end, all color had drained from my face and I don't think I really got to enjoy the first hour of LO's life because I was so exhausted.</p> <p>Currently pregnant with #2 and feeling more encourage after reading stories from ladies that pushed a long time with #1 and didn't push for nearly as long with #2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time/page/2#post-1345519 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 11:18:03 +0000 Boheme 1345519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I knew pushing was going to suck when my OB said "So you feel that? Uh oh." (failed epi) and when she said "Oh, I see an ear. A whole ear. That's not good!" If we ever have another baby, she is not allowed to talk. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time/page/2#post-1345509 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 11:16:20 +0000 Boheme 1345509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@knittylady: I know how long I pushed because my OB was like "Looks like you're going to have a May baby!" when I was complete. Uhh, yeah.... he was born at 5:14 a.m. JUNE 1st. Lies! Lying liar lies! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time/page/2#post-1344970 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 09:16:29 +0000 Bookish 1344970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kjpugs: thank you! &lt;3 It was definitely a rough recovery. I'm so glad the brain lets you forget the pain!</p> <p>@wheres_c: a very small part of me wants to try a VBAC, but it's going to involve a lot of discussion with my ob-gyn about my pelvis, because she was completely stuck up there, and I worry that it'll happen again. I did not enjoy my c-section either though, so who knows, maybe I'll go for it. Hopefully I have a few years to decide lol</p> <p>@hellobeeboston: haha that's why we know the time as well. My poor family got all excited thinking the baby was coming soon... *3 hours later*..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time#post-1344882 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:34:46 +0000 hellobeeboston 1344882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>!@Dandelion: @knittylady: we know the exact time because when I starts pushing at 10:30 my husband and I naively thought we were going to (shortly) meet our son, so he texted family &amp; friends to let them know - and then it wasn't till 3:30 that he finally arrived!</p> <p>Prob makes a difference with the epi too, it was a very calm, OK, you will start pushing now :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time#post-1344881 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:34:24 +0000 kjpugs 1344881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookish: that's what happened to my SIL and it was my biggest fear. So proud of you for handling that. Having to recover from a vaginal almost-birth and a c-section has got to be the absolute worst. No advice since SIL hasn't had #2 yet, but just sending support! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time#post-1344871 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:28:46 +0000 NovBaby1112 1344871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dear lord I hope not. I pushed for over 2 hours with LO. Little did we know, the cord was around her neck and wasn't allowing her to descend any further. At one point I just remember screaming to get her out any way they can, I couldn't do it anymore. My epi had worn off and all I felt was this immense amount of pressure. It honestly felt like a truck was coming out of my butt, no joke. I remember telling the nurse that I was afraid if I pushed any harder or longer my a**hole was going to explode lol. My doctors were amazing though, they kept reassuring me monItoring LO, and when they saw her crown with the cord they cut it while she was still inside me, then she came out quickly after that. No forvepts, vacuum, or episiotomy needed. So yea, really hoping next time is shorter! I'm always amazed when I hear stories of women pushing their babies out in 2 or 3 pushes!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time#post-1344870 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:27:44 +0000 kjpugs 1344870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pushed for a few hours... 2-3 I think? To the point where I pushed so much but she was still higher up and they wanted her to drop more so they left me for an hour in a weird upright position to help her move down.. They told me to sleep but even with the epi I could feel the contractions- not happening! It was all kind of a blur because I had been in labor all night long and not slept.</p> <p>Even with the epi it was definitely painful. I have a narrow (more oblong) pelvic opening so I figured it would be hard. She kept almost crowning but then going back up after the pushes. It was so difficult I was just waiting for them to tell me I'd need a c-section. We had a nurse shift change and the last hour we had an AMAZING nurse and I know she was the difference for me. Still had 2nd degree tears interior and exterior though. That was the worst part of recovery. I could barely walk for a week or so.</p> <p>I'm not optimistic that #2 will be different because I knew before labor how my pelvis was and I doubt that changes. I just hope SOME part of it is improved! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time#post-1344860 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:19:59 +0000 yin 1344860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pushed for 2 (or was it 3... I forget) hours with my first and was scared I would have to do the same with my second. I didn't have much doctor care, and I think that's partially the reason why I was allowed to push for so long without much intervention. With my second labor was quick, and the baby was out very fast (can't recall how long -- maybe 15 minutes?). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time#post-1344855 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:16:41 +0000 MrsTiz 1344855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pushed for just over 2 hours! It didn't seem that long because the pain was so crazy, my epidural wore off way before I started pushing so I was delirious with pain and had no clue what was going on except that my midwife was being a little bitch.. I remember that part, ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time#post-1344849 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:12:53 +0000 Dandelion 1344849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@knittylady: I don't get it, either...I am definitely not watching the clock while I'm pushing...everything seems to stand still! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time#post-1344846 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:11:59 +0000 Dandelion 1344846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know how long I pushed out S, but her head was so big, and her shoulders got stuck, and I'm terrified of that happening again. I felt like I had been run over by a truck several times by the time I went home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time#post-1344838 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:08:54 +0000 knittylady 1344838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never get it when people know how long they pushed. It was definitely hours PLURAL. i'm hoping to God that the second time is faster! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time#post-1344805 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 07:47:13 +0000 bushelandapeck 1344805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pushed for an hour and 45 mins without medication. It was brutal but I ended up having only minor tears. The hemorrhoids were the worst part. I plan on pushing a lot harder next time. Lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time#post-1344788 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 07:34:30 +0000 blackbird 1344788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>okay i *wasn't* freaked out until i started reading all the resposnes. good god. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time#post-1344782 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 07:31:05 +0000 Charm54 1344782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pushed for 3 hours and it seemed to go by quickly until the last hour when I thought OMG I can't do this anymore. My whole labor was 28 hours and I was exhausted and hungry. They finally used the vacuum and got her out. </p> <p>I'm a bit worried for the second but the Dr told me if the baby wouldn't have been sunny side up it would have only been a few pushes because I was pushing effectively so that made me feel better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time#post-1344776 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 07:26:21 +0000 delight 1344776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pushed for 2 hours and it seemed like forever! I could feel everything with my epi so I don't know what I was doing wrong. When I first started pushing my nurse said "you're doing great, baby will be here soon!" Ugh! I still look back on my L&amp;D as a very positive experience but next time I do not want to push for 2 hours. The haemorrhoids were the worst "damage", I only had a small tear otherwise. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time#post-1344773 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 07:24:18 +0000 SAHM0811 1344773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pushed for 54 mins with my first (with epidural)... Not too long compared to others, but I came here to say that pushing the 2nd time is *usually* faster, I think, all factors being equal (but how often is that?). My case is more of an extreme example, but my second baby came out after two pushes (I got to the hospital at 9.5cm, so she was ready!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time#post-1344768 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 07:19:33 +0000 Vegmama 1344768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm the opposite: I pushed for 17 minutes... This is only because baby's position was conducive to a very fast labor. I'm terrified that it'll take hours next time, and it's almost enough for me to declare one &amp; done. You ladies are super heroes!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time#post-1344706 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 06:16:54 +0000 hellobeeboston 1344706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really hope not! I am betting it will be faster the second time - I pushed for 5 hours with my first!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-pushed-a-long-time#post-1344703 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 06:13:00 +0000 Andrea 1344703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3.5 hours and then 25 minutes the 2nd time. </p>