Extreme birth story: An unbelievably fast labour —
Such a dramatic and incredibly compressed fast labour is so rare, Robinson later told us, that it has a special name: precipitous labour. Anything shorter than three hours is considered precipitous, and it’s so unusual—only two to three percent of babies arrive this fast—that Robinson, then only a few years into practising midwifery, had never seen it herself.
“Precipitous labour is almost impossible to predict,” says Mark Yudin, an OB/GYN at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. “There are usually no risk factors, and we usually don’t know what causes it.” During a precipitous labour, he says, there may be a higher degree of fetal stress , increased risk of postpartum hemorrhage and more significant physical and emotional challenges.
Afterward, to Liz’s annoyance, she was constantly told by others how lucky she was to have her labour over with so quickly, but she found the experience traumatic—like a Sunday mall walker suddenly thrust into an Ironman triathlon. “You don’t have a chance to get used to being in labour,” says Yudin. “Trying to maintain a sense of calm is very difficult.” Liz puts it more bluntly: “I was in shock for weeks, trying to recover.
The only real way of knowing that you’re going to have a precipitous birth is if you’ve had one before. Liz was told that if we were to have another child, he or she would likely show up in less than an hour. “But when a baby comes out that fast,” Robinson says, “they’re almost always healthy, happy babies.” Jack was a good-natured baby and is a good-natured kid. I inadvertently got the
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