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Dilation and effacement... how much?
How much can your cervix actually dilate and efface before labor will begin?
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Dilation and effacement... how much?
Jody Pellerin wrote:
How much can your cervix actually dilate and efface before labor will begin? A lot ;-) I went up to 4cm with nothing but here and there contractions, and was there for a week or more. I know other women have been more dilated and effaced than I was without being in labor. The bottom line is that dilation and effacement pretty much don't say a thing about when you'll go into real labor full term. Best wishes, Ericka |
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Dilation and effacement... how much?
Oh my... I really don't know but I think it *can* be quite a bit. I was
induced at 5cm dialated and 100% effaced. I had been sitting that way for a couple weeks and never went into labor naturally. Jody Pellerin wrote: How much can your cervix actually dilate and efface before labor will begin? |
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Dilation and effacement... how much?
"Jody Pellerin" wrote in message om... How much can your cervix actually dilate and efface before labor will begin? I was 2 cm dilated and 100% effaced for a month before labor began. And of course every night I was certain I would be in labor the next day. -- Cherie mom to Jakob (22 months) baby Grace EDD 8/6/2004 |
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Dilation and effacement... how much?
Cherie wrote:
"Jody Pellerin" wrote in message om... How much can your cervix actually dilate and efface before labor will begin? I was 2 cm dilated and 100% effaced for a month before labor began. And of course every night I was certain I would be in labor the next day. They have to do internals to determine how much you're dilated and effaced, right? ...and, um, these are the things that we can all skip, right? ;-) (personally I'm planning to decline internals, although I haven't told the midwife yet. She told me that they like to do one later in pregnancy but I really am not comfortable with it) |
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Dilation and effacement... how much?
Vicky Bilaniuk wrote:
They have to do internals to determine how much you're dilated and effaced, right? ...and, um, these are the things that we can all skip, right? ;-) Yep. And as you can see from this thread, the information you get from them doesn't mean a thing under normal circumstances, so why bother? ;-) Best wishes, Ericka |
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Dilation and effacement... how much?
"Jody Pellerin" wrote in message om... How much can your cervix actually dilate and efface before labor will begin? I'm at 4 right now, 35 weeks.. my doctor jokes that I probably started at 4 though Denise |
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Dilation and effacement... how much?
One of my friends got checked at a routine visit at her due date for
her first baby, and the doc freaked because she was almost completely effaced and 4 cm dilated. She hadn't had a twinge of pain. She didn't go into labour until the next day (they finally broke her water, since the doc was afraid to let her walk around like that). She had a very quick labour - including pushing, the whole thing was maybe 1 1/2 hours. I was the opposite. Next to no effacement or dilation any of my three pregnancies until labour pains actually started. This is why internals are pretty meaningless most of the time, unless you are in danger of going too early! You can be quite dilated and walk around like that for weeks before baby comes, or you can closed up tight and have baby in your arms a few hours later. Go figure. Mary G. |
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Dilation and effacement... how much?
"Denise Anderson" wrote in message .. .
"Jody Pellerin" wrote in message om... How much can your cervix actually dilate and efface before labor will begin? I'm at 4 right now, 35 weeks.. my doctor jokes that I probably started at 4 though Denise Yikes, I thought your body would eventually start labor if you dilated so much. I guess not. I suppose it's just that much less to dilate in labor but that just freaks me out for some reason. Do the doctor's intervene at all if you dilate too much without labor? Like if you got to 6cm or something? |
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