https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 24 May 2026 23:08:14 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-7cm-to-babys-birth#post-256383 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 22:21:03 +0000 kgbee 256383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Checked at 4p, 7cm. Checked at 6p, 7cm. Pushing started around 9p, baby out just before 11p. No drugs or interventions, but the midwife was convinced I'd need to transfer for a c-section until she heard the involuntary pushing start. So all told, it took about 7 hours to get from 7cm to baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-7cm-to-babys-birth#post-256239 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 18:21:06 +0000 LAGS 256239@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pelikila: OMG me too. A little extra time would have been nicer for things to stretch out a little bit... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-7cm-to-babys-birth#post-256236 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 18:20:15 +0000 winniebee 256236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm really not sure because I labored over night - I was a 6 around 2 am and then didn't get checked for a few hours because my midwife thought I was sleeping - yeah right! At 5 I told my nurse I felt the urge to push and was checked at just before 6 and was fully dilated. DS was born 15 mins later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-7cm-to-babys-birth#post-256233 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 18:16:27 +0000 Rubies 256233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got my epidural when I was at 7cm...Four hours-ish later, LO was born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-7cm-to-babys-birth#post-256154 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 15:52:00 +0000 mrs. wagon 256154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Over 10 hrs with my first, less than an hour with my second! With my first it was a miracle I didn't end up in a c sec. 3 hrs of pushing and he never even crowned. They did have to use the vacuum and basically pull him out of me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-7cm-to-babys-birth#post-256142 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 15:18:51 +0000 lovehoneybee 256142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6.5 hours between 7cm and him coming out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-7cm-to-babys-birth#post-256134 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 14:46:33 +0000 Chastenet 256134@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I arrived at the hospital at 5cm, my water broke spontaneously about 30 minutes after arrival, which put my dilation at an 8 immediately. About 45 min later I was fully dilated but we waited for an hour or so before pushing because the baby was posterior and needed to turn. Once she was turned I pushed for roughly an hour. So I voted 3 hours, since that is about the amount of time that elapsed between my water breaking and LOs birth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-7cm-to-babys-birth#post-238399 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:30:48 +0000 Maysprout 238399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think like 7 hours. I got an epidural after a couple hours after a couple hours hanging around 7 cm so that could have have slowed things.<br /> It's the part that I feel most misled from reading stuff pre-labor. Who knew transition cold be sooo long! I only pushed 3 times though and baby was out so most of it was just waiting to get to 10. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-7cm-to-babys-birth#post-238395 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:25:32 +0000 Mrs. Pen 238395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>in one hour I jumped from 5cm to 10cm, and delivered him 44 minutes later. So I said less than an hour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-7cm-to-babys-birth#post-238372 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:12:50 +0000 skibobrown 238372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was in transition for less than an hour, and then pushing took 40 minutes, so DD was born less than 2 hours after I reached 7 cm. Stupid doctor thought it was going to take way longer, so I accepted an epidural at 7 cm, only to find myself pushing 30 minutes after receiving the epidural. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-7cm-to-babys-birth#post-238300 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:33:35 +0000 littlek 238300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't get checked until I was at 9. My labor went super fast and I had LO out in 3 pushes, so maybe 15 minutes? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-7cm-to-babys-birth#post-238245 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:02:21 +0000 looch 238245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I arrived at the hospital at 2 pm, dilated 4 cm. I progressed to 10 in one hour. My son was born at 8 pm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-7cm-to-babys-birth#post-238240 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:58:37 +0000 pastemoo 238240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So there is really a huge range! That is good to know. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-7cm-to-babys-birth#post-238234 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:49:57 +0000 autumnlove 238234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 7cm around 7:30pm then everything slowed down. I didn't deliver until 4:30 the next morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-7cm-to-babys-birth#post-238207 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:37:44 +0000 KT326 238207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was at 7cm when I got my epidural, an hour and a half later I was fully dilated. But then I labored down for about an hour and a half and pushed for just under three hours. So around 6 hours total from 7cm to having the baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-7cm-to-babys-birth#post-238196 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:33:37 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 238196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted 2, but I think it was actually 3.5 hours from 7 cm to the time I started pushing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-7cm-to-babys-birth#post-238192 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:32:21 +0000 pastemoo 238192@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pelikila: that's awesome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-7cm-to-babys-birth#post-238182 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:24:43 +0000 pelikila 238182@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was at a 6 when I was checked and my son was born less than 45 minutes later. I had a very fast labor so I'll be interested to see other responses to the poll. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-7cm-to-babys-birth#post-238116 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:53:48 +0000 pastemoo 238116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am working through something as a step in therapy and getting comfortable with the fact that I had a c-section after labor and didn't get to push the baby out after all that.</p> <p>How long were you in that last "faster" part of labor? After 7cm, how long was it until your baby was born? (Transition and pushing)</p> <p>For me it was over 10 hours. </p>