https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:13:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537958 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:42:14 +0000 heartsnsunshine 537958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: im with you! id say I was in pain for about an hour. water broke at 530 am, got to.hospital around 730, had minor contractionsnot painful then got epi around 930 when I was around 5 cm, before it got to the point I couldn't take it. I was only in labor for less than 12 hours.I progressed pretty fast for a first timer the dr said.</p> <p>didnt feel a thing the whole time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537838 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:54:36 +0000 mrsjyw 537838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My entire labor was 26 hours, 1 hour of contractions before i got the epi hurt. Then the 2 hours of pushing was brutally painful (i think my epi wore off early). so 3 of the 26 hours of labor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537803 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:37:35 +0000 mrs. wagon 537803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was in pain from about 6am until delivery the next morning at 5:15am, so almost 24 hours! Once I hit about 7-8 cm I really thought I was going to die. </p> <p>Second time, I was induced and my contractions got pretty unbearable around 6-7 cm, and I got my epidural-turned-spinal pretty quickly. Then no pain at all!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537794 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:31:28 +0000 yellowbird 537794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was induced on a Wednesday and had my LO on Saturday morning.</p> <p>6 hours Wednesday<br /> 4 hours Thursday failed induction and I went home Friday morning , then went into labor<br /> 6 hours Friday</p> <p>16 hours total! I got my epidural at 9pm friday and no more pain! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537788 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:27:59 +0000 LittleFox 537788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say that probably 14 hours were painful. I may have called more of them painful when going through it, but my view of pain has since been redefined. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537716 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:47:21 +0000 Minnie_Girl 537716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like 30 hours? Labor took so long I don't even know! The back labor went from "not fun" to "jackhammer in the spine" pretty quickly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537642 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:57:27 +0000 Mrs. Oyster 537642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think maybe around 3? I labored for 12 hours at home because the contractions were bearable. We got to the hospital around 12, and they were starting to get really painful at that point. I labored in the tub for a couple of hours, the Dr. broke my water and then things got really serious. I'd say excruciatingly painful for maybe the last few pushed after my water was broken. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537631 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:49:30 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 537631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The 45mins I labored at home? And those were bearable.<br /> I got the epi waayyyy before things got bad.<br /> I'd say the only part that hurt like hell was the last "ring of fire" 5-10mins, if that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537586 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:10:46 +0000 birdofafeather 537586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say maybe 3? That's when things got real and I couldn't joke or do anything else but concentrate on surges. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537568 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:04:26 +0000 Boogs 537568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The entire night. My epidural wasn't working and I kept trying to tell the nurse, but she ignored me all night. I was thrilled to discuss that matter with her supervisor the next morning after new, fabulous nurse got me new drugs immediately! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537542 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:45:12 +0000 Maysprout 537542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had about 24 hours of contractions that kinda built in severity but never were really anything that bad. Sometimes I'd have to stop walking for a minute but I was still walking and talking and happy.</p> <p>Then my water broke and I had 7 hours of escalating oh my freaking gosh why does everything hurt, like drops of water hurt, my body went into sensitivity overdrive. Then I got an epidural and had her a couple hours later fairly pain free. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537509 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:27:15 +0000 MamaMoose 537509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5 of the twelve. My labor came out of no where and my contractions were immediately 4 mins apart and lasting a full minute. The first hour of that was bearable. But the next five hours of progressing at home, driving to the hospital and waiting to be admitted suuucked until I got my epi. The epi was sweet bliss. I felt no pain and dilated so quickly after that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537497 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:14:21 +0000 chopsuey 537497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>8 for my first<br /> 2.5ish for my second </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537495 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:13:33 +0000 cyndistar3 537495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's really hard to pinpoint when it actually got painful so I will just say 24 out of 48 hours the first time was really painful. The second time I was only in labor for 2- 2 1/2 hours before my c-section and the last hour to hour and a half was pretty painful (going through transition). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537486 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:03:37 +0000 FarmWifeGina 537486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The first time was about 7 hours of real intensity that I had to focus, focus, focus on breathing through. Second time was only about 2 hours. Both times minus the pushing because pushing feels dang good for me. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537470 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:54:08 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 537470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Almost all of them, they had to induce labor! They hooked me up to the pitocin at about nine and he wasn't born until 4:28 so I'd say at least six to seven. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537465 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:52:24 +0000 LAGS 537465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had to cope for maybe 5hrs of contractions. A couple hours before that were definitely painful, but not let's get to the hospital painful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537451 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:43:34 +0000 duckduckkristen 537451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2 hours. I went from 4-10 cm in less than hour. Everything before that just felt like cramps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537405 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:18:25 +0000 cascademom 537405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2-3 hours were painful out of the 14 total. I didn't recognize my labor until it was very active. Walking around the condo in pain was bad. Being in the waiting room and then in triage were the worst times I felt pain. I remember pacing around the waiting room just waiting to be admitted or checked out. Once in triage and monitored, I remember writhing around a lot until I was sent upstairs to be admitted. After my epidural, I felt pretty good for the remainder of my labor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537402 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:15:51 +0000 PrincessBaby 537402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like 30 mins of 36 hours of labor. My epidural was the Shiz! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537390 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:11:25 +0000 Bao 537390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was in labor 9 hours, the first 2.5-3 were painful, then I got the epi and got some relief, but then the last hour of pushing was intense, it was worse than the beginning contractions, the pressure was insane! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537386 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:09:21 +0000 kml636 537386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was afraid an epidural would stop my labor, so I waited 10 hours until I was 7 cms. I should have kept waiting because it did stop my labor! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537385 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:09:12 +0000 littlebug 537385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>9 hours before the epidural, then 4 hours when I hit transition and pushing. I'm pretty sure the epi failed - at one point the line fell out and it wasn't right after that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537378 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:06:41 +0000 hilsy85 537378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 3 hours...I was only in labor for 9 hours though. The 3 hours immediately before my epi were the worst. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537377 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:05:22 +0000 red_seattle 537377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think about 19 hrs, when I factor in how long it took me to get to 4 cm, the 2 hrs it took to get the epidural after I was admitted &amp; requested the epidural, the time where the epidural wore off, etc. The pain management for my c-section went much better, so that was a pain free, awesome experience. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537375 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:05:02 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 537375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i was in labor for 9 hours... 3 hours were mild, and 6 hours were painful. The 2 hours of transition from 7-10 cm right before I had to push were the worst. I didn't get an epi, so pushing her out was such sweet sweet relief!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537374 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:04:58 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 537374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>y'all are curing some baby fever real quick! lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537371 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:02:40 +0000 sorrycharlie 537371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was only in labor for 4 hours, so all were painful, but the last hr (6 to full dilated, right before epi + pushing) was intense. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537368 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:01:36 +0000 Honeybee 537368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think 3 hours both times before I got the epidural. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-your-labor-were-painful#post-537366 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:00:37 +0000 runsyellowlites 537366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Out of all 45 hours I would say the last 3 with the last 1 being incredibly difficult to bear. Mainly because I got really discouraged &amp; my confidence plummeted. Almost immediately labor hurt more. :( </p>