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Hi my daughter is pregnant and its been many years since I have had kids
could you tell me something she is 50% efaced not dialted yet I am wondering how long before labor starts? Any help would be appreciated....Thanks...Star |
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How far along is she? She could be not dilated and go into labor tomorrow,
or she could walk around at 3 cm for a month. How dilated is really no indication of when labor will start as far as I know. wrote in message .. . Hi my daughter is pregnant and its been many years since I have had kids could you tell me something she is 50% efaced not dialted yet I am wondering how long before labor starts? Any help would be appreciated....Thanks...Star |
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wrote in message .. . Ok Sorry I forgot to put inthat information she is 37 weeks tomorrow her baby is due August 8th, she now tells me that she is noticing a little brown stuff (I assume the plug) when she wipes. I just keep trying to assure her everything is ok but she wants to know when labor will start...Like I would know. Thanks again for any info...Star I think that indicates nothing, and this is from my experiences lately... lol I lost my plug a while back, I guess on the 27th of June (looking back at old threads) and I had my scheduled appointment the next day and I believe that was when I was sitting at 1cm, apparently. Next appointment, a week later, I was at 2cm, and I've been there ever since. It's now been almost 2 weeks of 2cm with nothing. I'm due (according to u/s) on the 25th of this month. I have a feeling I'll go way over anyways, but I also know that this thing has to come out sooner or later and can't stay inside forever! "Ericka Kammerer" wrote in message ... wrote: Hi my daughter is pregnant and its been many years since I have had kids could you tell me something she is 50% efaced not dialted yet I am wondering how long before labor starts? Any help would be appreciated. Her dilation and effacement tell you NOTHING about when she'll go into labor. She can be hard and closed and go into labor in the next few hours, or she can walk around for weeks 4+cm dilated and completely effaced. Some caregivers will claim they have a clue from this information, but they don't. There's really not even any value in them routinely doing late term internal exams to *get* this information. All it does is raise false hopes (or equally false discouragement). It just doesn't mean anything significant. Best wishes, Ericka |
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Me again thanks so much for the info...she went to the doctor today and she
is 1 cm dialted and 60% efaced in one week she went from being closed and 50% to 1 cm and 60% efaced like I said its been a while since I have had kids so I really dont remember all I know ia I am excited to be a grandma for the first time at 48 years old!!! I just dont know what to tell her anymore because I do think she is as excited as I am....Star "Ericka Kammerer" wrote in message ... wrote: Ok Sorry I forgot to put inthat information she is 37 weeks tomorrow her baby is due August 8th, she now tells me that she is noticing a little brown stuff (I assume the plug) when she wipes. I just keep trying to assure her everything is ok but she wants to know when labor will start...Like I would know. Thanks again for any info...Star Sorry, even that doesn't say much. A little brown stuff is usually a bit of old blood, not her mucous plug. Even if it were her mucous plug, that doesn't necessarily mean labor will start soon. If this is her first, then statistically, by the time she gets to 41 weeks 1 day, half of women will have gone into labor. So, in 4 weeks and 1 day, she'll have had a 50/50 chance at going into labor. That's probably the best you can do in terms of predictions. She *certainly* shouldn't be on pins and needles that she'll be going into labor Any Minute Now. That's a recipe for frustration and makes it increasingly likely that she'll acquiesce to (or start begging for) an elective induction that puts her in the way of all sorts of unnecessary risks and complications. Best wishes, Ericka |
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