I am slightly concerned for birth this time round... my first labour was very quick. Labour started mildly at 7pm, I got to hospital, was checked at at 3am and was 4cm dilated. My daughter was then born at 6:20am. I have read that the second time round is usually much quicker, shortening up to half the time. We don't live near family (at least 3 hour drive) and will need childcare for my daughter, although we may be moving before the birth if we can. I have raised this concern to my midwife but just looking for any advice from anyone who already has 2 children, how did your 2nd birth go compared to the first and how did you manage child care?
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Could you consider a home birth? Wouldn't need Childcare, your little one could be involved? đ
My first birth wasn't straight forward unfortunately but we were planning a home birth originally; surprisingly common x