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Dilating with no labor
My sweet cousin was examined today and was found to have dilated to a
4 and has started effacing, but she has had no labor pains. She's due Thursday. Her orgininal due date was in mid-March, but her date was moved back to Feb 8. Her mom is a bit concerned and thinks she might oughta be in the hospital. I've tried to research this a bit, but I haven't found much. Anybody know how common this is or if it's anything to fret? Thanks, Misti |
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Brookben wrote:
My sweet cousin was examined today and was found to have dilated to a 4 and has started effacing, but she has had no labor pains. She's due Thursday. Her orgininal due date was in mid-March, but her date was moved back to Feb 8. Her mom is a bit concerned and thinks she might oughta be in the hospital. I've tried to research this a bit, but I haven't found much. Anybody know how common this is or if it's anything to fret? Absolutely normal and common. No need to worry. Is this her first, or has she delivered other babies? If it's not her first, then it's *really* common, and she can literally walk around for weeks like this. Best wishes, Ericka |
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"Brookben" wrote in message oups.com... My sweet cousin was examined today and was found to have dilated to a 4 and has started effacing, but she has had no labor pains. She's due Thursday. Her orgininal due date was in mid-March, but her date was moved back to Feb 8. Her mom is a bit concerned and thinks she might oughta be in the hospital. I've tried to research this a bit, but I haven't found much. Anybody know how common this is or if it's anything to fret? I think it is very common. I was dilated to 5cm for a week before I went into labor in my third pregnancy. Labor was fast. That is good -- 1/2 the work was done before I even started!! -- Nikki, mama to Hunter 4/99 Luke 4/01 Brock 4/06 Ben 4/06 |
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Dilating with no labor
"Brookben" wrote in message oups.com... My sweet cousin was examined today and was found to have dilated to a 4 and has started effacing, but she has had no labor pains. She's due Thursday. Her orgininal due date was in mid-March, but her date was moved back to Feb 8. Hi Misty, There is no cause for concern. Expectant mothers often efface and dilate up to 4 cm before labor begins. She could be near labor or have weeks to go and still be 4 cm dilated. Carl |
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Dilating with no labor
My sweet cousin was examined today and was found to have dilated to a
4 and has started effacing, but she has had no labor pains. She's due Thursday. Her orgininal due date was in mid-March, but her date was moved back to Feb 8. Her mom is a bit concerned and thinks she might oughta be in the hospital. I've tried to research this a bit, but I haven't found much. Anybody know how common this is or if it's anything to fret? why would she need to be in hospital, it's not as if when the baby comes it's going to be premature and they want to hold of delivery, hence trying bedrest. Effacing and dilating before labour is normal, for first timers, there is usually more effacement, with minimal dilation, for multips, dilation with minimal effacement seems to be the pattern of things, you don't say whether this is her first or not, if it isn't, then she's exhibiting entirely normal cervical changes, if it is, then they are more uncommon, but still not abnormal, they may not even mean she will have the baby particularly soon. My mum was 8cm dilated with me (her first), but not in labour, she doesn't recall measurements from earlier VEs, but they were done and the doctor kept telling her that he wouldn't be seeing her again as she'd have had the baby, so it sounds like there must have been a steady progression over the 2-4 weeks prior to the birth (induced 16 days late). I'm not sure why she would even fret, unless she disbelieves the change in due date and is worried about a premature baby, but if the due date is correct, then what's to worry about, it's really a very positive thing, it probably indicates the baby is in a good position and there is less distance to go once in labour! Anne |
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I think it is very common. I was dilated to 5cm for a week before I went
into labor in my third pregnancy. Labor was fast. That is good -- 1/2 the work was done before I even started!! my mum was like that, even first time (8cm before labour!) and had very fast labours. I've also had very fast labours, but none of this dilation in advance business (no routine VEs, but circumstances meant I had had some), even 2nd time when it's very common, I was totally closed 6hrs before she was born, with very little effacement and that was after an attempted prostin induction. In my first delivery, I went from 5cm to fully dilated and head through the cervix in precisely one contraction, midwife did a VE as I was bleeding heavily and found me to be 5cm and she called for help, next person did a VE and found a head and no cervix! I wonder if it is possible to mistake a fontanelle for a cervix, it seems unlikely, but it might be a more likely explaination than that speed of dilation. Anne |
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Hi Misti
Well I don't know when I started dilating but on the day of my daughters birth day I had no signs at all she was coming, no BH or contractions whatsoever until 5.30pm my waters went with no warning but still no contractions, got to the hospital where they examined me with still no contractions whatsoever and they found that I was fully dilated and babys head was showing, it was only the last hr or so of her labour that the pains came. Just go with baby, if doc says she's fine to be at home then trust. April "Brookben" wrote in message oups.com... My sweet cousin was examined today and was found to have dilated to a 4 and has started effacing, but she has had no labor pains. She's due Thursday. Her orgininal due date was in mid-March, but her date was moved back to Feb 8. Her mom is a bit concerned and thinks she might oughta be in the hospital. I've tried to research this a bit, but I haven't found much. Anybody know how common this is or if it's anything to fret? Thanks, Misti |
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"april" wrote in message ... Hi Misti Well I don't know when I started dilating but on the day of my daughters birth day I had no signs at all she was coming, no BH or contractions whatsoever until 5.30pm my waters went with no warning but still no contractions, got to the hospital where they examined me with still no contractions whatsoever and they found that I was fully dilated and babys head was showing, it was only the last hr or so of her labour that the pains came. Just go with baby, if doc says she's fine to be at home then trust. April Wow, you lucky thing! |
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Wow, you lucky thing! it was her 3rd (I think), that kind of happening would be very unusual with a first baby, but it's not all that uncommon with later babies, at least April had time to make it to the hospital, ok, so not making it to the hospital happens from time to time with first babies, but its usually a misassessment of what is going on, rather than no warning, I just met someone who had her first unintentionally at home, but it was still a 7hr labour, which is not even desparately short, I think she just expected minimum 12 hrs and that it would be more painful! I have a friend who was born in the toilet at home, as her mum thought she had to go, her younger brother was born in the same spot a couple of years later! (I seem to recall the older sister was a forceps delivery, and certainly not an easy or fast labour). Anne |
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