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Originally Posted by lelo2006  I think I should of been an little more clearer of what labour is. It's when you start pushing, that's labour. The rest the refer to as contractions and don't really, as far as I know have a term for it. So when I asked how long you were in labour for it's when you started pushing.
If your calculating from when your contractions started that's different. |
Contractions are considered labor. You are referring to the second stage of labor, which is pushing.
http://www.babycenter.com/0_the-stages-of-labor_177.bc
I may not have pushed my babies out, but I certainly experienced labor with my DS. Forty-eight hours of contractions, pitocin, fully dilated .... They finally sent me to radiology, where they took x-rays and learned his head was stuck against my heart-shaped pelvis. My OB/GYN told me no baby would ever fit through.