https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 20 May 2026 09:02:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1/page/2#post-337771 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 08:43:21 +0000 Weagle 337771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2 hours, 41 minutes. LO was 7 lbs 4 oz. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1/page/2#post-337463 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 02:54:56 +0000 808love 337463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3 hours, 8 lbs 3 oz </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1/page/2#post-337403 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 01:08:43 +0000 LuLu Mom 337403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2 and 1/2 hours resulting in c-section. She was 8 lbs 10 oz. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1/page/2#post-337385 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:15:18 +0000 sera_87 337385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>18 minutes, he was 7lbs9oz </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1/page/2#post-320376 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 08:12:12 +0000 looch 320376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was in labor 12 hours in total. I was dilated to 10 cm by 3 pm and my son was born at 8 pm. Non medicated/non intervention birth, just over 7 pounds, I was pushing on my side and also kneeling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1/page/2#post-320362 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 07:58:06 +0000 sorrycharlie 320362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went from 3 cm to 10 cm in two hours, and before I got the epi I was bearing down. She was a +3 station when I got it - then the OB had me labor down for 30 minutes before starting to push. She would have FLOWN out had we not, and I still ended up with 2nd degree tears. I'm so glad for that epi!</p> <p>Once I started pushing, it was about 20 minutes. She was 7 lb 10 oz. (18.75 inches long) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1/page/2#post-320248 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:37:50 +0000 Kfamilie 320248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pushed for just under three hours and still ended up with a csection - he was 7lbs 13 oz. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1/page/2#post-320226 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:53:46 +0000 runsyellowlites 320226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had 5 bearing down contractions then said I felt like I needed to push, 6 minutes later (just long enough for 1 contraction) and 1 push later DD was born. She was 6 lb 1 oz. Had I started pushing with my "pushing contractions" I probably would've pushed "longer" b/c my body wouldn't have brought her down on its own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1/page/2#post-320221 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:46:53 +0000 MusicaV 320221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 45 minutes. DS was 7 lbs 4 oz. Nobody would have told me at the time, but apparently my first few pushes were good. After that, I didn't make much progress until probably 10 minutes before he came out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1/page/2#post-320190 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:12:21 +0000 Shimmer 320190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was induced and 29 hours after the balloon catheter was placed, I started pushing. It took me 2.5 hours to push out Benjamin, who was sunny side up, and 23 minutes later, Patrick was born after 3 pushes. Thank god for my epidural!!</p> <p>Benjamin was 5 lb 10 oz and Patrick was 5 lb 4 oz. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1/page/2#post-320176 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:00:50 +0000 cranberryapple 320176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a long labor, but thankfully, the pushing was only 20 minutes long, and it passed by so fast. I had to hold off and wait for the doctor to arrive or else I would've just pushed him out right then and there! =P My baby boy was 7lbs 11oz. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1/page/2#post-319854 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:31:44 +0000 winniebee 319854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>15 mins - DS was 5 lbs 5 oz. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1/page/2#post-319846 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:19:26 +0000 Mrs.M57 319846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD was 7 lbs 12 oz pushed for an hour and 35 minutes after 12 hours of labor. I remember when I first started pushing thinking, "this isn't so bad, baby is almost here!" After an hour it was like "omg this is horrible come out already baby girl!" I can't imagine 2+ hours eek! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1/page/2#post-319845 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:14:39 +0000 pregnantbee 319845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First (and only) baby, pushed for 1.5 hours. 7 lbs 3 oz. I was only at the hospital for 1.5 hours before pushing and was at 8 cm when I arrived.</p> <p>ETA: I had my first contraction around 11p, arrived at the hospital at 5:15a, and delivered my son at 8:08a. I was unmedicated, so I pushed in all sorts of different positions, which really worked with gravity to help move him down. Some on my back, some while squatting and holding the bar at the end of the bed, some while kneeling on the bed and resting my upper body on the raised head of the bed. The OB who delivered was shocked that I made so much progress so quickly, and I attribute that to not pushing on my back the whole time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1/page/2#post-319843 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:10:44 +0000 Penny Lane 319843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Less than an hour, and he was 8 lbs 8. My water broke at 1:30 am and had my first contraction then. I was in labour for just over 10 hours total and was only at the hospital for the pushing :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1/page/2#post-319841 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:08:12 +0000 leelee 319841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2 hours , DD was 7lbs 13oz. </p> <p>A friend of mine recently gave birth an only pushed for 3 minutes! Baby was out by second push. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1/page/2#post-319784 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 17:11:09 +0000 googly-eyes 319784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 45 minutes. Baby was 7 lbs 2 oz. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1/page/2#post-319783 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 17:11:02 +0000 lemondrop 319783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My water broke around 2pm, contractions started getting uncomfortable around 4:30, started pushing around 7ish, and he was born at 9:50 pm. </p> <p>I got an epidural around 8cm, which slowed things down a bit, otherwise I think he would have been out pretty quick. I was very happy to labor down for a while and take a break from all of the pain. Pushing took a long time because of the effective epidural, they had to turn it off and let it wear off for a while so I could push better. </p> <p>He was 6 lbs 11 oz, but I'm fairly small, so I think he ran out of room when my water broke. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1/page/2#post-319753 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:52:03 +0000 bushelandapeck 319753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO was 7lbs 6oz and I pushed for 1 hour 45 mins. I had a med-free birth and labored for 4 hours before I started pushing (water broke 24 hours earlier though). I think I could have pushed him out sooner but I was so tired from being up for 24 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1/page/2#post-319737 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:47:06 +0000 littlek 319737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Less than 10 minutes, but he was 4.5 lbs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1#post-319723 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:42:54 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 319723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HeatherlovesKenny: I am surprised E was a big baby! In all her pics she looked like a teeny tiny 6 pounder!</p> <p>I pushed for exactly one hour and baby was posterior and weighed 7 lbs.</p> <p>ETA: I was induced and had been laboring for 15 hours, and had been in active labor for 5 or 6 hours. I had two failed epidurals. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1#post-319719 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:42:29 +0000 Lindsay05 319719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I dialated from 1 to 7 cm in 5 hours. I got the epi at about 8 pm fully dialated by midnight. Contractions werent getting closer than 3 mins apart so I was given oxytocin to speed it up. It had the reverse effect so contractions got as far as 8 mins apart. Start pushing on my back at 4 am and she was born at 8 am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1#post-319620 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:02:10 +0000 lovehoneybee 319620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Minnie_Girl: I was in active labor for about 10 hours when I started pushing (and early labor for about 20 hours before that). I was on my back, but the bed was reclined at about a 45 or so degree angle (I couldn't be flat on my back) so I did have some gravity on my side. My epidural stopped working about an hour and a half into pushing. I was also Exhausted. By the time he came out I had been awake for most of 36 hours (which some brief cat naps while the epidural was working). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1#post-319605 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:55:46 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 319605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD was 7 lbs even and I only pushed 3 times.... so less than 3 min? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1#post-319595 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:52:09 +0000 Ree723 319595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was less than an hour and DD weighed 7 lbs 6 oz. I had an epi and couldn't feel a thing. After four pushes, I started using a mirror and three pushes later she came flying out. </p> <p>Total labour was 14 hours with an epidural for 8 of those hours, and I pushed laying on my back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1#post-319572 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:41:34 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 319572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh and TG was 6.14 and I was in labour for 7 hrs before the hour of pushing. I was so tired that they really had to pep talk me to push well (an hour of sleep that night). I pushed squatting and holding onto a bar over the bed, but keep collapsing down between contractions. I tore hard. </p> <p>WB was 7.8 and I was in labour for 5 hours (2 hous "active labour") and pushed her out in two minutes. I was kneeling in a birthing tub. One tiny stitch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1#post-319568 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:39:13 +0000 pastemoo 319568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pushed for over an hour and a half and then had to get an emergency c-section after all that crap. LO was 8lb 2oz. And apparently really difficult to pull out during the surgery--that fact kind of made me feel a little better. At least something was difficult for them, too.<br /> (He was posterior/sunny side up.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1#post-319558 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:33:24 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 319558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>An hour with my first and two minutes with my second. Wonder Baby was almost a lb bigger so I would vote that size had nothing to do with it, the second baby is just often easier. I think the time you spend pushing has to do with the position of the baby and how tired the mother is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1#post-319499 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:10:11 +0000 HabesBabe 319499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>45 minutes &amp; she was 8 lb, 13 oz. first baby, too :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-push-1#post-319492 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:06:09 +0000 skipra 319492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it was 10-15 minutes for DS 5lb 12oz. </p> <p>I was induced- started Pitocin at 11am, got epidural around 3-4 pm and he was out just before 6pm. </p>