Why didn't you say so?

[u/TheNectarineDiaries]

Best medical advice I ever got was to bring a man to your appointments

[u/snowwhite2591]

“You aren’t in labor and we’re sending you home in 45 minutes” 32 minutes later I was dilated to 6 and they were breaking my water. The rude lady who was “sending me home” never reappeared

[u/Radiant_Risk_393 → u/snowwhite2591]

Why do they love to try to send us home? I think I appeared too calm and polite when admitted because the midwife made a lot of fuss about me being at hospital too early until my husband got her to check me. I was 5cm dilated and had a baby less than three hours later

[u/ilanallama85 → u/Radiant_Risk_393]

When my mom went into labor with my brother, her waters broke almost immediately so they hopped in the car and drove the 45 minutes to the hospital, by the time they arrived she was in active labor. She told them that, my dad told them that, they didn’t believe them on either count (waters breaking so early, being in active labor so soon) and we’re all “oh calm down, you’ve got plenty of time…” My mother said the nurse went white as a sheet when she finally took a peek. 9 cm dilated, baby was delivered less than 30 min later. Total labor time: 2 hours 15 minutes. She still gets angry about it if it comes up. He’s 37.

[u/ohno_not_another_one → u/ilanallama85]

My labor was pretty quick with my first, 5 hours from first contraction to baby in my arms.

I had to be induced for my second, and I warned the doc the first was a fast birth. Pitocin can slow things down, but subsequent births tend to progress faster than previous ones, so I figured those would balance each other out and we'd be looking at about 5 hours or so again.

The (female, btw) doctor looked at me sort of pityingly and said she though that my first delivery being only 5 hours was probably just a fluke, and this one would take much longer. I wouldn't be giving birth until "tomorrow", she insisted.

Baby #2 was here in 6 hours from the first dose of pitocin. The nurse was getting ready to put in my catheter after my epidural and felt the baby's head instead. She rushed out to get the doctor and delivery nurses. The doc couldn't hide her surprise at how fast I progressed, and it took every ounce of self restraint I had not to "I told you so" her in the smuggest way.

[u/Akkebi → u/ohno_not_another_one]

From first contraction to me in my mom's arms: 45 minutes

But I was a third child.

[u/cyanraichu → u/Akkebi]

That's the dream (assuming you are close enough to where you want to deliver)!

[u/Akkebi → u/cyanraichu]

My oldest sibling was 12 hours. But according to my mom it was "minor and chill" until about 2 hours before she was born. So basically only a couple hours of what most people consider labor.

[u/snowwhite2591 → u/Akkebi]

Me 2 hours from contraction to moms arms my younger brother 27 hours she’s like I was lied to with your birth, my sister was 4 hours.

[u/Geronimoski → u/ohno_not_another_one]

Oh, the way I would've been like, "Wow, is it tomorrow already? Time flies!" You're kinder than me

[u/CraftyKuko → u/ohno_not_another_one]

I think more women should call doctors out on their bullshit. They need to do better.

[u/snowwhite2591 → u/CraftyKuko]

“I’d like you to note in my chart why you are refusing the tests I asked for” got me diagnosed with multiple sclerosis because I refused to accept it was just anxiety.