https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:16:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2868190 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 14:58:10 +0000 Ajsmommy 2868190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Got epidural at 6 am both times..... was at 1 cm, had foley bulbs inserted both times, had both babies in the 9 oclock PM hour. So 15 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2868147 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:38:11 +0000 Alba4 2868147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got an epidural with my DS2 when I was 8 cm. I was fully dialated and ready to push in about an hour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2868101 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:27:53 +0000 DillonLion 2868101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>7 hours, ish? Got it at 2am, had her at 9am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2868068 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 08:55:02 +0000 wrkbrk 2868068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: idk if you can compare across people but it was one cm an hour exactly as they predicted - so after the epidural about 7 hours to push time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2868063 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 08:46:02 +0000 MrsADS 2868063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First baby: got epidural about 5-6cm, about 11am, I think. Baby born at 1:08pm. My water broke about 6am and I went into labor naturally and got to the hospital about 8am. I was about 4cm at 9am. So it was a pretty quick labor and the epidural did not slow things down for me. But I think I am an outlier.</p> <p>Second baby: arrived before the epidural :( (well, the anesthesiologist placed it and I was pushing before he could even give the meds - they laid me back and baby flew out!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2867994 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 20:46:46 +0000 Beehive 2867994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: Congratulations to your friend! How cool to be able to attend a birth (and support your friend like that). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2867993 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 20:44:01 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2867993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: writing up the story today! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2867989 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 20:10:16 +0000 Mrs. Snowflake 2867989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations to your friend Mrs. Bee! &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2867927 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:35:31 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2867927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Still several hours. But it was 1-2 days of down to 2 mins apart contractions before that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2867925 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:31:42 +0000 pachamama 2867925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: congratulations to your friend! I think we were due around the same time. How did the birthing process differ there? Just had my babe 5 days ago 💙😍 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2867899 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 14:46:52 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2867899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow birth here in the philippines is def not like the us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2867893 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 14:41:37 +0000 misolee 2867893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>first baby: epidural around 6pm and then it opened to 9 cm steadily until 2am but stalled at 9cm so I ended up with a csection.</p> <p>2nd baby; no epidural. baby came too fast for a vbac</p> <p>3rd baby: epidural and then 10cm...like an hour later :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2867859 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 13:16:32 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2867859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby is here! Fully dilated at 1:42am, baby born by 2:10am </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2867857 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 13:05:07 +0000 snarkybiochemist 2867857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was at 4-5cm when they broke my water at 4pm and I got my epidural at 6pm and delivered E at 9:30pm </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2867852 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:53:12 +0000 magnolia 2867852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just reread my sons birth story so I can remember!<br /> I got the epidural at 7cm and was fully dilated 2 hours later.</p> <p>Then I pushed for 3 hours :shocked: I don’t think I could feel the pushes really due to the epidural </p> <p>Hope all goes well for your friend! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2867851 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:46:44 +0000 annem1990 2867851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got my epidural at 4cm. I got checked 3.5hours later and was fully dilated. My waters had broken though and I had gone from 0cm to 4cm in about 2 hours so I think my labor was particularly quick. Still took 5.5 hours after that to push him out though :silly: :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2867848 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:35:27 +0000 catgirl 2867848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Admitted to the hospital around 6am and was 2cm, got the epidural at 8am and was 4cm, and at 10:30am was 10cm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2867846 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:18:26 +0000 mediagirl 2867846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After my water was broken, I moved really quickly. I was at a 5 when they broke it, got my epi and less than an hour later I was a 10. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2867844 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:10:40 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2867844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>being induced and having your water broken has a big factor, but it really is different for everyone! my water broke on its own, and i was 8cm when i got the epidural but they gave me something to slow labor down and i didn't start pushing until 1pm the next day, so 11 hours later.</p> <p>my friend's doctor administered something to soften cervix around 1pm which really got things kickstarted by 4. she was in so much pain after hours of painful labor and remaining at 3cm, we transferred from birthing center to hospital at 9:45pm. </p> <p>she got the epidural 2 hours later at 11:40 and was 5cm. At 1:05am she is now 7cm. But her epidural is much weaker than mine was because she can still feel her contractions pretty strongly, and she really needs to take a nap to have energy to push.</p> <p>was hoping to catch a nap before the pushing starts but we shall see! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2867843 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:04:43 +0000 SweetCaroline 2867843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>13 hours </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2867842 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:02:06 +0000 DesertDreams88 2867842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1st baby: 24 hour induced labor at 41+1, no epi</p> <p>2nd baby: 12 hours of labor at 39wks, stuck at 1cm that whole time despite water broken and cytotec, got the epi at 8am, fully dilated by 1pm..... I was shocked to go 9cm in 5 hours, given my history </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2867839 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:52:19 +0000 KT326 2867839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First baby: requested it and then had to wait because the anesthesiologist was in an emergency c-section. By the time I got it I was 7cm. Took about 4 hours to be fully dilated. </p> <p>Second baby: got it at 4cm, by the time I got relaxed and almost asleep (about an hour later) I was fully dilated and pushing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2867836 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:38:10 +0000 skinnycow 2867836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I asked for it when I arrived to the hospital at 4cm. They checked me after it was placed and I was 6.5cm (about 30-45 mins after arriving). I was fully dilated an hour after the epidural. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2867831 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:25:49 +0000 smuckers 2867831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: Asked for epi at 6cm, was fully dialated by the time they finished administering the epidural (45-60 minutes later). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2867830 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:22:53 +0000 JennyPenny 2867830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I was about 6 cm or so when I got the epidural and was fully dilated 4-5 hrs later. The doctor broke my waters before the epidural though to "move things along" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2867829 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:21:29 +0000 Aria 2867829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was induced and got the epidural at 4cm. Right after the epidural the doctor finished breaking my water and I went from 4-10 in an hour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2867827 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:16:05 +0000 Petitduck 2867827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 4 hours and I got it at 5/6 cm.</p> <p>ETA: my water had broken spontaneously a few hours before that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2867822 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:02:37 +0000 josina 2867822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got the epidural around 11 am and DS was born at 2:15 pm.</p> <p>I was 3-1/2 cm when I arrived at 6 am; did have Pitocin which was turned down; water was broken around 9:30 - was really quick after that! I was definitely in pain when I got my epidural. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2867821 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:02:01 +0000 Jennibenni 2867821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First baby: 12 hours<br /> 2nd: 1 hour </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-fully-dilated-after-your-epidural#post-2867820 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:01:48 +0000 cyoung 2867820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: I got an epidural at 6am and by lunch time I was fully dilated and pushing. My babies were born at 1pm and around 12pm. Now I did have pitocin so that may have sped things up but with my daughter they turned it off cause she was coming too fast. I was 3 cm when I got my epidural </p>