12 hours is considered a long pain.
My mom suffers pain for almost 20 hours when delivering my brother 

yeah, i work at the Labour Room as a house officer, will be ending my posting over there soon..

well, the delivery of the head is solely the mother's effort.. hence the 'difficulty'..
whereas once the head is out, the midwife can then help to pull the baby out, while delivering the shoulders quite effortlessly..

contractions pains can occur any time, but to say that true labour has started, the pain has to be regular, & the cervix will gradually thin out & 'open'..
once the cervix has 'opened' to 3 or 4cm (depending on the Hosp), with adequate contractions (preferably 3-4 contractions in 10 mintes), labour will be allowed to progress for 8-12 hours..
it is expected that the cervix should be fully 'open' by then.. (correct term would be the cervical os)
after the oss is fully dilated, the mother is encouraged to bear down to deliver the baby..
usually the delivery process (the part where the Mum is asked to push) will be allowed to take up to 1 hour, but if the fetus' heart monitor shows that it is ok, then some centres may allow an additional 1 hour (provided that the Mother is healthy & not exhausted)

haiya.. rollback..

anyways, thanks for the clarification aerikh.

so that means when some moms was "in labour" for a long time, they're most probably in the first stage lah. ok...

anyways, prior to giving birth to my 2nd child, for about 2 weeks or so, i had braxton-hicks contraction. damn uncomfortable. on top of the leg cramps, heart burn etc...

Fuyo, braxton-hicks contraction! Not bad.. complicated words coming out. Maybe we should get aerikh to explain!

BH contraction is just a fancy term for false contraction.. heheh..

Here's a bit about Braxton-Hicks Contraction...
"But unlike true labor, this so-called false labor doesn't cause significant, progressive dilation of your cervix, and the contractions don't grow consistently longer, stronger, and closer together."

Source

Wow, so did your doctor teach you that? Not bad... did it really hurt? Can describe it in comparison to your true labour pains?

i pulled out placenta twice! muahahaha!

Hi,

Wanna ask about prenancy test kit..

I read the manual (Bought the ClearBlue brand), it says dip into the collected urine and the "|" will appear in the control window. Then wait for 2 mins before viewing result. But when my wife did the test, dip it into, but the result window has result already shown + before the control window show "|". Faulty test or pregnant liao? The manual say will see "|" first in control window before + is shown 2 minutes later.

Hi,

Wanna ask about prenancy test kit..

I read the manual (Bought the ClearBlue brand), it says dip into the collected urine and the "|" will appear in the control window. Then wait for 2 mins before viewing result. But when my wife did the test, dip it into, but the result window has result already shown + before the control window show "|". Faulty test or pregnant liao? The manual say will see "|" first in control window before + is shown 2 minutes later.

You only got one? I usually will buy two, different brands and type of HPT. Then test on both.

No need liao...
If I knew pregnancy test only cost RM25, I rather goto clinic. Thats because the kit I bought (ClearBlue) also cost me around RM2x. Anyway, test with clinic also same result. I think maybe because my wife missed for 2 weeks liao thats why the result appear faster. The ClearBlue stated can test 4days before period due, so I guess its a little bit too sensitive.

Hi! is there any Prenatal Class, Yogas for preganancy around Ampang Cheras area? Thx

You only got one? I usually will buy two, different brands and type of HPT. Then test on both.