Hellobee Boards Topic: How long did you push?

Hellobee Boards Topic: How long did you push? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 19 May 2026 17:27:08 +0000 pelikila on "How long did you push?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push#post-204844 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:23:31 +0000 pelikila 204844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 3 pushes so less than 5 minutes. My son was 6 lbs. 10 oz. Mrs. Stroller on "How long did you push?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push#post-204834 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:17:34 +0000 Mrs. Stroller 204834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Under 30mins, but I was told to wait because my MW wasn't in the room yet. Baby S was sunny side up for a while, but turned before I started to push. Whew! SAHM0811 on "How long did you push?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push#post-204807 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:01:18 +0000 SAHM0811 204807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Almost an hour with #1 and just two pushes with #2! loveisstrange on "How long did you push?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push#post-204803 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:59:43 +0000 loveisstrange 204803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 1 1/2 hours before they took me in for forceps. Her head was crooked and I have a heart condition and they didn't want me to strain my body for too long. skibobrown on "How long did you push?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push#post-204788 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:50:04 +0000 skibobrown 204788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think I pushed maybe 40 minutes total. prettylizy on "How long did you push?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push#post-204629 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:28:59 +0000 prettylizy 204629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mrs. Jacks: same! 3 pushes and she was out! Honeybee on "How long did you push?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push#post-204619 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:27:06 +0000 Honeybee 204619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ About 30 minutes, with both kids. BabyBoecksMom on "How long did you push?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push#post-204432 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:17:40 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 204432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 3 pushes and she was out! mediagirl on "How long did you push?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push#post-204398 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:06:43 +0000 mediagirl 204398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 2 hours and then had a vacuum extract. Lindsay05 on "How long did you push?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push#post-204392 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:05:08 +0000 Lindsay05 204392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 4 hours when it was finally decided to try the vacuum! BeachMama on "How long did you push?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push#post-204384 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:01:40 +0000 BeachMama 204384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I pushed an hour before getting a c section littlek on "How long did you push?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push#post-204371 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:57:08 +0000 littlek 204371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 10 minutes but DS was only 4 lbs 8 ozs. Crisark on "How long did you push?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push#post-204349 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:46:10 +0000 Crisark 204349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ The first time I pushed off and on for 6 hours. The second time I pushed for 10 min. Rainbow Sprinkles on "How long did you push?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push#post-204347 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:45:30 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 204347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 1 hour. at first my OB thought it was only going to be 10 minutes, but that was before she knew LO was sunny side up. yin on "How long did you push?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push#post-204334 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:40:17 +0000 yin 204334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ almost 3 hours & I was so exhausted Andrea on "How long did you push?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push#post-204332 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:39:17 +0000 Andrea 204332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 3.5 hrs Mrs. Jacks on "How long did you push?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push#post-204238 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:03:12 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 204238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 3 pushes. My OB was like, "Wait, wait, wait..." but Lala was only 6 lbs. winniebee on "How long did you push?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push#post-204195 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 08:46:12 +0000 winniebee 204195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 15 minutes! But, DS was only 5 lb 5 oz : ) mrs. wagon on "How long did you push?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push#post-204190 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 08:44:15 +0000 mrs. wagon 204190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 3 hours with no crowning at all! They put the vacuum in and he popped out 3 pushes later! His head was HUGE (99th percentile) so that explains it... Rubies on "How long did you push?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push#post-204185 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 08:42:25 +0000 Rubies 204185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I pushed for about 20 minutes. I guess I was lucky because after those 20 minutes I was exhausted! I couldn't imagine what it must be like to push for hours! regberadaisy on "How long did you push?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push#post-204184 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 08:42:04 +0000 regberadaisy 204184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 2hours +!!! They gave me WAY too much epidural so I could not feel anything down there! They even stopped it after a hour of pushing and a hour later I still could not feel anything. Mrs. Bee on "How long did you push?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push#post-204182 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 08:39:57 +0000 Mrs. Bee 204182@https://boards.hellobee.com/ With Charlie I pushed for 3 hours and ended up with a c-section. He was big, sunny-side up, at an angle and I wasn't progressing. With Olive I pushed for about 40 minutes, but she was small!