How Long Does Labour Usually Last?

Ah there's the lovely question. Well if you're extremely lucky, well I think two percent of women have what we call a precipitate labor. So that's like the movie kind of labor, that's two hours one to two hours really quickly. 

But it's only one to two percent of women will have that kind of labor. For most women your first baby from when you stop regularly contracting is between 12 and 16 hours, second babies come along a bit quicker six to seven hours is the average.

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