Feel free to comment below on specifics.

First = hell
Second = great

Horrible until I got an epidural. Then it was a cake walk. I dilated from like a 5 to 10 in 40 minutes. I'd been in labor all day and only dilated 1 cm. My body just wouldn't relax. The epidural did it for me.

Quoting sassy chef:" First = hell Second = great "

Did you feel more prepared for the 2nd or it's just how it all happened?

I had two perfect deliveries! First lasted 1 hr 46 minutes, 2nd was 36 minutes!!! Both were natural and my second was completely painless.

Mine was quick & easy. The contractions were hell, but I was only in labor for four hours so I can't really complain.

first was great, second was hell!!!

Quoting 2 Baby Girls:" Horrible until I got an epidural. Then it was a cake walk. I dilated from like a 5 to 10 in 40 minutes. ... [snip!] ... to 10 in 40 minutes. I'd been in labor all day and only dilated 1 cm. My body just wouldn't relax. The epidural did it for me."

My epidural did it for me too! My epidural made my labor and delivery an enjoyable experience.

1st: Great
2nd:MAJOR HELL
3rd: Ok

I was induced and I was in labor 27 hours. It was amazing! She came the way she needed to come. I wouldn't change a thing it was perfect,

great. labored at home. Got to hospital. 30 minutes later pushed out a baby. wasnt even that painful (at least to me)..I kept waiting on that moment of transition people scared me with and I never felt it.

I put stressful. I had a great delivery, and a really easy birth. It was stressful though because he was born by paramedics on a hotel bed.

Quoting tatesmommy09:" I had two perfect deliveries! First lasted 1 hr 46 minutes, 2nd was 36 minutes!!! Both were natural and my second was completely painless."

I hope my 2nd is painless lol, but I'm glad you had great deliveries.

The delivery was absolutely wonderful. Wish I could relive it over and over again - such an amazing experience, no pain, just a huge feeling of relief.

ETA: All natural birth, labour lasted 5 days and wasn't as lovely, but none of it was hell, just very tiring after spanning multiple days with full-blown contractions every 1-3 minutes without fail.

My first was horrible until I had the epidural (30 hours into labor)...then it was all good! My second was a piece of cake, it lasted about 16 minutes total!