Advice for coping with prolonged labours
I’m a FTM, planning a homebirth with private midwives. Part of my reasoning for this choice is that my mum’s first labour was very long and ended up with the classic cascade of intervention — augmentation, episiotomy, vacuum, forceps, severe tear. I know that in my country’s hospital system, a long labour like that will probably go down a similar path / it will take a lot of fighting to avoid.
So how do you prepare for a prolonged labour at home? I’m talking over 24 hours, probably more like 36-48.
Posted Jun 12, 2026, 11:54 PM UTC
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