My second was about six
hours of prodromal labor, but the active labor (when contractions are at regular intervals, less than five minutes apart) was less than three hours.
Not exact matches
I turned over and was able to hold her for the first time... and 41 weeks
of pregnancy, a month
of prodromal labor and just over 3
hours of intense
labor immediately became worth it in an instant as I stared into her eyes.
We get into all the details
of birthing time: from the
prodromal labor to water not being the most helpful tool during
labor, sitting on the toilet and then pushing for 5
hours.
I ended up with
prodromal labor for 4 weeks, and baby was born after 24 +
hours of back
labor (though out in 5 pushes and water didn't break until pushing.)
I technically
labored for about an
hour and pushed for less than 5 minutes because
of my
prodromal labor.