https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 08 May 2026 03:19:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of/page/2#post-2292238 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 08:46:35 +0000 Bubbles 2292238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow I am amazed so many of you pushed for so long, I had no idea I was so lucky with my 30 mins of pushing! </p> <p>@Foodnerd81: I was exactly the same, there would have been no question of taking a break! Even when the midwife was saying 'don't start pushing yet as there's still a tiny bit of cervix' I was all like 'yeah ok' but secretly pushing anyway! It was like someone telling me not to breathe! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of/page/2#post-2292183 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 08:23:13 +0000 blackbird 2292183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Yes! It was a terribly uncomfortable thing with E. I distinctly felt like I had a bowling ball sitting in my vagina. I didn't even know I had dilated to a 10 with T!!! I kept waiting for the feeling and was utterly shocked when they told me it was time to push and then he slid out just a few easy pushes later! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of/page/2#post-2292161 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 08:07:43 +0000 Foodnerd81 2292161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: but you had the urge to push with your first? I never realized that a lot of people don't- I thought it was a rare thing but I guess not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of/page/2#post-2292154 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 08:04:30 +0000 blackbird 2292154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: I never got the strong urge to push with my second. Never felt that "gotta poop" feeling. Not even when I was pushing him out (which only took about 4 pushes the second time!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of/page/2#post-2292001 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 21:45:15 +0000 jh524 2292001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: that's long! I pushed for<br /> 5 hours and ended with emergency c section. It was the worst pain I've ever experienced as lo was stuck. I was begging for the csection by that time and in surgery they literally had to un-cork his head out of my pelvis by pushing him out via the outside. He was literally stuck. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of/page/2#post-2291996 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 21:37:29 +0000 hellobeeboston 2291996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pushed for 5 hours. That is the longest j have heard of. I still can't believe I did it for that long!!!!</p> <p>I had to let my epidural wear off so I could feel better, they also had to give me pitocin mid-pushing since my contractions spaced out too far. But, I eventually got him out without any other intervention. I was lucky. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of/page/2#post-2291978 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 21:12:00 +0000 Tati 2291978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was told that I was actively pushing for just over 6 hours. I honestly have no recollection of time and was passing out between contractions towards the end. I found out later when my nurse came in, looked at my chart, and said 'oh wow, you're the one that pushed for over 6 hours, how are you feeling?'. Apparently my midwife didn't feel it was necessary to intervene so she just let me keep going. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of/page/2#post-2291942 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:35:26 +0000 mrsjyw 2291942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: I pushed for two hours w ds1 after a failed epidural and ended up w an episiotomy. Didn't feel that long though. Ds2 came out in 3 sets of 3 pushes under 10 minutes Medfree and less than two hours after I was checked in! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of/page/2#post-2291933 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:30:05 +0000 simplyfelicity 2291933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Same here! I hope it's a lot faster and the recovery is easier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of/page/2#post-2291931 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:27:25 +0000 Foodnerd81 2291931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: so weird. Yeah, there was no mistaking it at all for me! I wonder how the second time around will compare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of/page/2#post-2291915 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:18:22 +0000 simplyfelicity 2291915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: it's interesting how different each experience is. I pushed for an hour, took a break to labor down (he still hadn't dropped) and then pushed for two more hours. I honestly never had the urge to push the whole time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of/page/2#post-2291907 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:15:31 +0000 Foodnerd81 2291907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: I'm confused how you could take a break from pushing. I only have experience from my own delivery but once I had the urge to push, I literally couldn't stop. Even if I tried. I had no mess, is it different if you have an epidural? </p> <p>Like others said I have very little concept of time during delivery. I didn't push for very long- I was totally surprised when they said she could be out on the next few pushes. But I don't know how long. Maybe half an hour?</p> <p>@Tanjowen: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of/page/2#post-2291882 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:04:12 +0000 Tanjowen 2291882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Actively pushing? Me - I pushed for 3 hours before he finally came out. Epidural failed by that point, ugh. </p> <p>My best friend pushed for 10 hours and was in labor for 2 days, but it was a slooow progression and not actively pushing the entire time. I remember her telling me her midwives let her sleep during the middle of rounds of active pushing, and loaded her up with vitamins between rounds to give her energy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of/page/2#post-2291846 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 19:32:58 +0000 Alba4 2291846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My friend pushed for 3. I pushed for 1 hour and that was hard enough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of/page/2#post-2291833 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 19:20:00 +0000 youboots 2291833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sapphire: @birdofafeather: glad I did not know that before labor. I do know my girl was not ready to come out yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of#post-2291825 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 19:14:05 +0000 birdofafeather 2291825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: @sapphire: our hospital (where my previously mentioned GF and I both delivered) said average for FTMs was 1-3 hours. when they told us that (i was at her labor), we were like, no way she's gonna push for 3 hours!! ... and 3 hours later, there we were, totally shocked her son hadn't arrived yet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of#post-2291824 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 19:13:34 +0000 matador84 2291824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2 hours? I know I pushed for 2, my cervix nearly ruptured, ended up with a vacuum assist as opposed to emergency C and an episiotomy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of#post-2291823 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 19:13:17 +0000 knittylady 2291823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With DS1 I pushed for 3 hours and no one mentioned having to go to another measure i.e. vacuum or forceps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of#post-2291817 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 19:09:44 +0000 sapphire 2291817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: 2 hours for first babe is average </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of#post-2291798 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 18:47:26 +0000 Lilbear 2291798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Holy cow some people pushed for forever!!! I always believed that the cutoff was 3 hours, then you have to have a c-section! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of#post-2291794 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 18:41:57 +0000 gingerbebe 2291794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: Her baby was sunny side up and after a while they wanted her to have a C section but she told them she was sure she could do it and after many more hours she did! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of#post-2291779 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 18:09:08 +0000 birdofafeather 2291779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my GF pushed for 3.5 hours, although the last 30 minutes was a last ditch effort before a c-section, so she wasn't fully into it. she and her son were tolerating it totally fine and they were okay with her pushing longer if she wanted it (she was med free until 10-15 minutes before the c-section!) but he hadn't descended at all in that time and she had been up for over 36 hours at that point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of#post-2291749 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 16:51:50 +0000 youboots 2291749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That sounds awful!</p> <p>I pushed for 2 hours when my epidural failed. I had a 2ish hour break until my epi was fixed- it had been 41 hours. They had me keep pushing and T was born 2 hours later- so 4 hours total. I had a fever and had an unplanned induction due to pre e. A c section was on the table when dilation stalled. People have expressed surprise they let me go that long. I thought 4 hours pushing was rather average. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of#post-2291703 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 15:45:11 +0000 Chillybear 2291703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2 hours for mine, they started prepping the room for delivery and kicked my mom out about 9pm, by 9:30 I was doing practice pushes and she was born at 11:23pm. It didnt feel that long but my mom said it felt like an eternity in the waiting room </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of#post-2291677 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 15:05:47 +0000 lemondrop 2291677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have absolutely zero concept of time from both of my labors. </p> <p>A little over 3 hours pushing with my first. I should have asked to labor down longer and his head was huge. I never got pushing down with my first, but he came out anyway. My second I pushed for less than 30 minutes, and pushing was much easier for me that time. He had his hand by his head, so I had a vacuum assist, which was no big deal at all, he popped right out with very minimal tearing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of#post-2291669 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 14:57:42 +0000 littlebug 2291669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3 hours. The doctor had to use the vacuum to help pull him down, but then I was able to push him out. I'd had an epidural earlier in the day, but it fell out and never took when they replaced it. I cannot imagine that she actually pushed for 9 hours solid. I don't think a human body could withstand that, let alone that the baby could tolerate that. After 3 hours, D was not breathing when he was delivered. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of#post-2291664 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 14:55:02 +0000 sapphire 2291664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pushed for 4.5 hours. :( ended up with vacuum delivery, but it was an easy vacuum. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of#post-2291625 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 14:15:44 +0000 PawPrints 2291625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: Agree that it's hard to remember how long things took in labor. My whole labor was crazy fast but afterward I thought that pushing was like 5-10 min, but DH told me it was probably close to 1/2 hour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of#post-2291554 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 13:14:47 +0000 alphagam84 2291554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My cousin pushed for almost 5 hours which I cannot even imagine. My first baby is due on Halloween and I am terrified of them using forceps on me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-time-pushin-you-have-heard-of#post-2291552 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 13:14:16 +0000 Portboston 2291552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pushed for just over two hours and I had no clue it was that long. It felt like maybe 45 min! But I was in labor for 36 hours (26 unmedicated) so I really had zero concept of time by the time I was pushing. </p>