I had relatively fast labor, 6 hours, and I’m wondering if the pitocin helped speed things along. I didn’t get a epidural and I’m wondering if that also affected the duration.
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I got pitocin because my water broke then 24 hours later I still wasn’t dilating like at all. I had already been in labor for almost 48 hours at that point. I went from 3cm to 10cm in like 3 hours

I didn't have it but my mom did with me and I still took 32 hours to come

I was in labor for 29 hours and it almost killed my daughter I had to threaten to sue for the doctors to turn it down they had it on the max dose and she couldn’t handle it

I was in Labor for 63hrs and I was on Pitocin for 57hrs and I got the epidural after 32hrs into labor

I feel like it depends on the person
I got Pitocin at 6 am and had my daughter at 11 am. My son was from 1 pm to 9 pm but they slowly did him.

I think the whole point of pitocen is to speed the labour no?

I was put on pitocin because I stopped progressing after being induced with cytotec. It definitely sped things up for me

Ok but how did you get pitocin and not need an epidural? That’s amazing 🤩

I labored naturally and was relatively quick. I was 6cm dilated and in active labor when I got to the hospital, almost 3 hours later and baby was born!

I got pitocin with my first and I didn’t get the epidural either. It was an overnight process for me. I went in at 5pm and delivered 8am next day.
My second? It was a fast labor. No induction. No Pap smear (got one with my first). I went in about 5am and delivered 8am.

I got to 6cm and then ate a huge curry and my labour stopped. Was very overdue so they burst my waters, I went back to 2cm. Started the drip and he was born 2.5 hours later.

Yes it sped things up for me- I had my waters broken around 8am nothing really happened so at 1 I went on the drip contractions soon came quick and fast and she was born just after 4pm

Didn't speed anything up for me

Went from 5-10cm and pushed her out in 1 hour