During labor...when did you call your Dr?

Did you call as soon as you started having contractions or did you wait until they were a certain time apart?
I want to labor at home as long as possible, but at the same time I don't want to have the baby at home I'm worried because my labor with my dd was so quick

Re: During labor...when did you call your Dr?

With my second, I knew I was in labor and held off on calling the doc because DH was trying to convince me it was a reaction from the pizza I had for dinner that night The contractions were every 10 minutes. I finally called the doc and we went to hospital at 4 a.m. and I was 7 cm. already!

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You got me scared like you were going to say you were IN labor.

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I was having pain from 7pm at night. I tried to call my dr around 7:30am but the answering service didn't pick up! I waited until the contractions were less than 5 min apart and arrived at the hospital @ 8am. When they checked me I was 3-4 cm dilated. I delivered at 1:25pm. I loved laboring at home!

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I waited until my contractions were lasting 1 minute every 4 minutes and when I got their I was between 5&6cm. My dr. did say that the guidelines for susequant children is different that they dont have you wait that long because you usually labor quicker so I would ask your doctor what he wants you to do.

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I actually had an appointment that day, so I didn't call, but when he examined me he told me I still had 2 days!

He told me to wait until 2-3 min apart (they were 10-15). the next day I called at 5-6 mins b/c they were too painful to take. So I think you have to take many things into consideration. And being that you had a previous quick labor - that would be a factor for me. How far are you from the hospital?

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I woke up with what I thought was a stomach ache around 3:45 am and realized it was contractions already 5 minutes apart by 4:15 am so we called pretty quickly being my last appt. I was 90% effaced and 3cm dialated. I ended up having the baby at 2:42 pm that day - it took some time for me to dialate more. As soon as I was dialated she popped right out! I think they say 5 minutes apart for at least 1 hour but once they are 5 min apart they are pretty darn painful! And like you since I knew I was all thinned out I didn't want her being born at home!

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I was already almost a week past my due date and I started having contractions in the middle of the night. At first I wasn't sure if they were contractions so I didn't want to call my doctor and wake her. hahahaha..... But then they became more frequent and when they were 5 mins. apart I called the doctor. She told me to take my time and shower and stuff and go to the hospital. Since it was my first, I would probably be in labor for a very long time. I got to the hospital around 8/8:30am and I had the baby later that evening. Everyone tells me that with the second baby it will be a lot quicker than the first. I'll just follow what my doc tells me to do, but like you I definitely wouldn't want to give birth at home.

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My doc told me not to call her until the contractions were 5 min apart for at least 1.5-2 hours. I woke up at 6am with contractions. I didn't say anything to DH, I just went downstairs and started timing them. They were about 8-9 min apart. I continued to time them until they were 6-7 min apart. I woke DH up around 10am to tell him that I thought I was in labor. Around 12:30pm, I called the doc's office and told them how far apart they were. They told me to go ahead to the hospital. We all took a shower, I stopped at Quinzo's to get something to eat (practically swallowed the sandwich whole in the car) and got to the hospital at 2:30pm. I was 4cm when they checked me....I ended up having a really long labor. Nate wasn't born until 2:48am the next morning.

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I didn't experience the whole contraction thing with my first since I was induced after my water was leaking. Of course I had contractions in the hospital, but the Petocin made them 1000 times stronger and I got an epidural shortly thereafter. I'm so nervous about them hurting and hurting for hours until they tell me to come in. Do they really hurt THAT bad?

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I waited until they were 1 & 1/2 minutes apart and 2 minutes long....

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Re: During labor...when did you call your Dr?

I called right away because my water broke and I had no contractions. They had me come in to get "checked" and sure enough they kept me there.
They tried inducing me, I had some contractions, but no major ones. I only got to 2 cms and they decided on a c section after all.
I was told to call 5 mins. apart for an hour, but, I didn't have to do that.

Re: During labor...when did you call your Dr?

I had been having contractions for about 5hrs. I decided to call my doc when they were more consistent and coming about every 5-6 mins. When I got to the hospital (8AM) I was 4cm. I didn't have my son until 559pm.

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Re: During labor...when did you call your Dr?

I waited until I couldn't take it anymore. I wanted to be at home as long as possible, so I waited until they were so painful that nothing was helping.