My neighbor had a baby yesterday. (SQUEE!)
She pushed for 45 minutes.
When I had a baby I pushed for 4 minutes.
If you’ve had a baby, how long did you push?
If you’ve adopted, how long did you have to wait between the birth and to being able to hold your baby?
If you’ve never had a baby and want to know how I got away with only pushing for 4 minutes, it’s because there is a God, and He loves me.
Yeah, it has nothing to do with hot. But given there are thousands of babies born everyday I’m just wondering how long it took most of them to get here.
making unbreakable - formerly moosh in indy. 
I pushed for three hours, after being awake for three days. It was not fun.
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Baby 1 was c-section
Baby 2, pushed for 2 hours, 15 minutes
Baby 3, pushed twice for (maybe?) 5 minutes. As I like to say, “the road was paved” by then.
Fairly Odd Mothers last blog post..Patient or Lazy? You Decide.
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Baby 1: 10 hours of labor, 45 minutes pushing. The epidural made it all quite easy.
Babies 2 & 3: 5 hours labor, and then they sliced me open to yank them out, no pushing needed.
I preferred the pushing.
Insta-moms last blog post..A very important letter
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Hmm, I don’t remember exactly, but I believe with my daughter, I only pushed about 10 minutes, after 8 hours of (induced) labor. And with my son, I know I pushed no more than 5 minutes after 1 hour and 23 minutes of (non-induced) labor. I’m kind of scared with baby number 3.
Amies last blog post..SICKO MCGEE AND THE SNEEZY JUG BAND
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I pushed #1 for 2 hours. I pushed #2 maybe 5 pushes (however long that takes). I’m hoping #3 will be even quicker.
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Labor: 17.5 hours
Pushing: 3 hours
End result: C-section
How old my baby was when I saw her for the first time: 6.5 hours old
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4 hours of labour start to finish, two pushing contractions. Still thought I was going to die!
Loving Dangers last blog post..Still Waiting
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Labour – 42.5 hours
Without Pain relief – 36 hours, the time it took the midwife to decide he was stuck due to being positioned posterior (back to back) with me and I need some help
Time with the epidural that the doctor injected wrongly so only affected my left side – 6.5 hours
Time pushing – 45 mins!
(they told me I had 60 mins to deliver or they’d send me for a c-section so i pushed HARD!)
Stephs last blog post..V2008 – (the part that wasn’t wet)
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26 hours labor, 4 hours pushing, was induced, had baby naturally.
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I pushed for an hour, but since I had an epidural, it was a party. I was just so excited to have the pushing part over so I could see the baby!
Erins last blog post..Sweet, Yo.
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I pushed for 45 min w/ #1 and don’t remember #2.
Ha – #2… She’s not really poo.
A Whole Lot of Nothings last blog post..Sorry to Skeer You
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I never pushed, because just shortly after arriving to the hospital and getting my epidural I was whisked back to the OR for an emergency C-section!
Kellys last blog post..Ridin’ the Potty Train
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Chicky – 2 hours
C.C. – 1 hr 15 mins.
God does not love me. Or my vagina.
Chicky Chicky Babys last blog post..Out of the mouths of skinny babes
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My daughter is adopted from China. We had to wait 12 months 3 days to hold her.
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Baby number one: pushed about 3 hours after 36 in labor, ended in C-section.
Baby two: pushed around 2 hours, another c-section.
Beth – total mom haircuts last blog post..Award Graveyard and Bloggy Question #3 – Are you more/less present?
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2 1/2 hours-no product-emergency c-section
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Boy 1=2 1/2 hours.
Boy 2= They told me not to push for 20 min. then to push-twice I think. Quick, that one.
Headless Moms last blog post..Open Letter to People with Pools
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I don’t know exactly how long it was timewise- but my guess is well under 10 minutes both times.
When I hit transition the babies were born within 20 minutes- like 6cm to delivered BAM.
Seemed long at the time lol- but really, it was very fast.
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I will agree to have a baby if I can only push for 4 minutes.
Rhis last blog post..Friday Bullets: Deja Vu Edition!
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labor” #1 – 8hrs, #2 6hrs
told “don’t push!” while they hurried to find the OB
both born after no more than 5 contractions
#3 has 4 more weeks, so we’ll see how that goes.
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The Papoosekin was out after only 19 minutes of pushing. Soooo many women have cursed me for that, so I always thought it was really short for a first child. I need to point all those women here! Seems there are plenty of women who were lightning quicker than me, including you!
Feather Nesters last blog post..She Walks!
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I’m almost embarrased at how easy labor and delivery of my son were. The timeline:
6:15 pm: water broke
4 am: labor induced
7 am: epidural placed
7:01 am: fell asleep
10 am: woke up, at 10 cm dilated, and fully effaced
10:30 started pushing
11:00 told to stop pushing because the doctor wasn’t there yet
11:15 Doctor is ready
11:18 DS is born
So, I slept through labor, only pushed about 30 minutes, waited another 15, and out he came!
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1st baby – pushed for 3 hours.
2nd baby – pushed 5 times. About 10 minutes total.
2nd baby instantly became Favourite Baby.
Just kidding.
Sort of.
Jen O.s last blog post..Oh, the fun we’ve had…
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Baby 1: 2 1/2 hours
Baby 2: 20 minutes
Baby 3: nada (c-section)
Baby 4: 10 minutes
So based on my calculations, on baby number two, you’ll merely have to sneeze and the baby will fall out.
chaffinclans last blog post..Happy 6th Birthday Clemon!
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I pushed for 2.5 hours. And that was with the doctor using the vacuum. The funny thing? I remember looking at the clock and saying, “It’s already been 2 hours?” Felt like 10 minutes.
Shannons last blog post..What do pickles, glasses, and fashoin have in common?
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With my daughter:
Labor: 19 hours / Pushing: 30 minutes
With my son:
Water broken to out: 3 1/2 hours / Pushing: 30 minutes
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19 hours labor. No pushing…c-section.
Next time? No labor. No pushing. Just c-section.
You deserved 4 minutes after such a rough pregnancy!
Josies last blog post..Yum
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Baby #1: 17 hours of labor…2 hours of pushing…ended in a C-setion
Baby #2: Scheduled C-section…literally enjoyed every moment.
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Baby 1: I was in labor 11 hours pushed 14 times, baby came out with the help of forceps. Bless my 30 veteren of an OB, otherwise I would have been pushing 1-2 hours. She was 9 lbs. 10 oz
Baby 2: I was in labor 12 hours and he popped out in 3 pushes. He was 9lbs. 3 oz
I was induced and had an epidural with both. Next time I will avoid induction, very painful contractions before the Heavenly Epidural!
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Baby no 1 = can’t remember
Baby no 2 = minutes
Adopt no 1 = 2.5 years
Adopt no 2 = 20 mos
Man am I tired.
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#1 – 14 hours of labor, 3 hours pushing and just after I yelled, “give me the episiotomy now!”
#2 – 6 hours of labor, 30 minutes pushing, resulted in his broken collar bone (poor thing!) – that “pop” sound scared me to death!
Jacques last blog post..My cuties
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3 hours and 51 minutes. I was 9 minutes from a C-section.
Heather, Queen of Shake-Shakes last blog post..Clearly I’m Not Destined to be a Famous Marine Biologist
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No pushing – 2 babies – both of my genetics. They were extracted via “abdominal bypass”.
Teris last blog post..Stay-cation
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No pushing, thanks to fetal distress and a c-section, followed by lots of vomiting and many many drugs that put me out for about 12 hours.
Actually, that was probably the best sleep I’ve had since she was born…
Kets last blog post..The funniest nonagenarian I know -OR- I could tell you what her real name is, but then she’d have to kill me
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30 min twin A born, 30 more min twin B
20 min baby #3
Babies #4 and #5 were c sect babies (little bugger flipped 2 hours before the induction)
Britts last blog post..Skoolin
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1 hour and 46 minutes of pushing for three “ten counts” during every single contraction… but my epidural hadn’t worked and I was in tremendous pain, so it felt A LOT longer. I’m hoping it’s a little easier next time around. Four minutes might be asking too much, but I’d settle for an hour or less!
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I beat ya! With my 3rd, and only because this stuff happens after 2 other kids have turned your vagina into an expressway, I say up to get my epidural and accidentally pushed her out. Yeah. she flew out of me, rolled across the bed and tried to bungee jump with the umbilical cord.
Anissa@Hope4Peytons last blog post..My Weekend Plans
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I pushed for 2.5 long hours. I hope the next one just slides out 🙂
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With our Sprogling it was 11 hours of labour (Induced, fell asleep, woke up with contractions every minute and puking on every second one. Rock on!)
and just over 2 hours pushing. Would have been quicker if the nurses had realized I couldn’t feel anything but pressure and had no idea when to push.
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With Grace two pushes and she popped out. After first push Doctor exclaimed to the nurse “We have a pusher, get ready”
John was even faster, I never really pushed. Nurse came in to check me and he was half out. The doctor came racing in in time to catch!
Amys last blog post..Day Zero: The Backstory
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Back Labor 36 hours with posterior baby.
Stalled at 8 cm.
Emergency c-section.
Felt like pushing. ALOT.
Does that count?
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If I’m ever pregnant I’m coming to you for tips! 4 minutes sounds amazing… I know I caused my mother 38 hours of labor pains
Erikas last blog post..Why are you apologizing?
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pooka was about 40 minutes, i think. she crowned at the first push but then got stuck. 35 min later i yelled at the doctor, “cut me!”
bug was a lot faster. i think 4 pushes and a small tear helped.
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Cordy was a scheduled c-section because she was breech, so I didn’t push at all.
With Mira, I pushed for all of 10 minutes or less. And much of that was “don’t push yet – we’re not quite ready”. Of course, I was in labor for 21 hours, so that whole pushing thing wasn’t so bad.
Christinas last blog post..Today’s Conversations
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Child #1: 48 minutes (stubborn boy)
Child #2: Maybe 5 minutes?
Child #3: One push and done.
annas last blog post..8/24/08 – Day 236
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I pushed for 2 hours exactly. And then had an emergency c-section.
Isabels last blog post..In which I look at myself through a (warped) mirror
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Baby #1 pushed 3 hours and then a c-section…
Babies 2-4…all c-section…no pushing…Thank Goodness!!!!
hogdogfrogs last blog post..You Learn Something New Everyday!
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I was in induced labor (due to very high blood pressure) for 28 hours and only dilated to 3cm so they told me they were preparing the OR for a c-section. 45 minutes later when they came to take me to the O.R. I was at 9 1/2 cm so they said oh great you can start pushing soon. In total there was 36 hours of labor followed by 3 1/2 hours of pushing. Finally they brought in a Dr. and the vacuum when the Mid Wife decided the baby was sunny side up. I ended up with a 4th degree tear and the most beautiful little girl ever. I am just over two months along with #2 and I hope this birth goes a little easier, 4 minutes would be lovely
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15 minutes… 11 lbs. 1oz. little tub of love!
Merediths last blog post..Prayers for Mia…
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The Jakester was here after about 3 1/2 hours of contractions and 3 pushes (about 2 minutes).
most women hate my sister because of that…haha
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