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For women having their first baby, an average first stage of labour usually lasts around 12 - 14 hours, but it can be many hours longer. This stage of labour for women having second or later babies averages about 7 hours. This is only a guide and you may find that your labour is shorter or longer than these times.
Active labour usually means that you're getting regular, strong, frequent and long contractions. Your contractions are likely to happen every three minutes or four minutes and last for between five seconds and 60 seconds. By this time, your cervix will have opened to about 4cm (1.6in). If you're a first-time mum, active labour may take about eight hours.