How long were you in labor with your first baby?

[K1990]

So my best friend in 22 weeks pregnant and due in the middle of Feburary but wants me to be there for the birth.  I live 45 minutes to an hour away depending on traffic.  How long did you labor with your first baby?  I don't want to miss it and she is worried I might.  If I am at work it maybe closer to 2 hours since I will have to have the parent of the kids I'm watching come home from work so I can leave.  Was your first labor fast?

[ashiepooh]

Why were you induce DARCY?  sorry bout the caos there...  Mine was 36 mins from time when waterbroke and first contraction just after, but what was going on in your pregnancy to be induced?

[darcy92681]

Then I guess I'm the true exception :) I was induced and my daughter was born in 8 minutes. No word of a lie. My doctor's to this day still can't believe it!
However after the hellish pregnancy I had God had mercy on my delievery. :)

[asher01]

with my first my son.. i was expecting an all day thing... well they broke my water at 11 am and started pitocin. i got an epideral around 1pm. i was 5 cm at that time and i fell asleep. my mom and fiance went down to get food at the cafeteria and they woke me up to check me and i was 10 cm within 15 mins of them leaving the room. i had to keep calling them cause i was so scared they were gonna miss it. they came in and i was pushing already. he was born at 2:49pm. same thing happened with my daughter. she was born in less than 3 hours. but thank god my water didn't break at home either time. i was induced both times. i had an hour drive to the hospital too so thats the scary part.

[aliciaandtrue]

15 and a half hours til they finally did a C-Section and my son weighed 9LBS 12OZ thanks god for a C-Section.

[NicMom]

5 hours for me, the nurse only gave me the epi because they wanted me to shut up because it was the middle of the night. Soon as I had it I started pushing. I guess everyone has their own story I don't know that you could promise to be there 100% unless you lived next door.
To put your friend at ease I would tell her that you will be there. I just hope for your sake she doesn't have multiple false alarms at odd hours that send you racing to the hospital (I know we had 3 ;-) )

[baby_edgar]

my contractions started on the monday at about 9:30am, they were 10mins apart but only lasting 20 - 30 seconds. they stoped that night at 9:30am and my water broke at 5am on the tuesday morning. my contractions started up again and by 1:30pm they were lasting 1 1/2 minutes and has between a minute or 2 between them. i didnt have my daughter until 5:13am on wednesday morning!