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Childbirth and Head Cold
I am inducing about 6 days before my due date and have been 3 cm dialated and 40 % efaced since 36 weeks. My doctor would not even consider it if I wasn't at ...
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- Hi-- Just wondering why you have to be induced? In a natural state your body wouldn't go into labor if it couldn't handle it. Forcing labor may not go well if you...
- I was extremely ill before my daughter's birth. I followed the doctor's advice and still got sicker each day, ended up w/ pneumonia. Three days before she was born (o...
- Hi D.! I am a birth doula and childbirth educator. I am wondering if it might be wiser to wait and go into natural labor - and have the chance to get over your head ...
2-3 Cm Dilated- Can I Hold off on Going into Labor?
I was 4 dilated and 80 effaced. They wanted to take them then but my doc .... I was almost 4 cms dilated and 80% effaced when I went into the hospital to be ...
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- With all 3 of my pregnancies I was dilated 2-4 cm and went full term. The last 2 or 3 months I was in 'prelabor'. With my middle child I lost my mucus plug, dilated to...
- I think you are at the hands of nature. I did not have twins, but I was a t 3 cm for almost 4 weeks wehn my son was born a week late. At that point I was like yeah any...
- Short answer: yes. But, you need help from you doctor or midwife. Are you getting regular prenatal care? I am 33 weeks pregnant with twins and have an almost 20 mon...
37 Weeks Pregnant with a Bad Case of Diarrhea
I was 3cm dilated and 75% effaced as well, so I too thought that I was having early signs of labor. I ended up being induced at 39 weeks per my request and ...
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- Hi, I think that can be true that you can have diarrhea before going into labor. Either way, you should drink tons of water because you don't want to have a baby now o...
- Hi Tiffani, maybe this will help you! One thing you don't need at this point is diarrhea!! I do a type of energetic work called the Yuen Method (my instructor's web...
- Hi Tiffany, usually the 'diarrhea' of labor is not on going and is not usually watery, just loose plus most often in conjunction with contractions. I think this is pr...
How Can I Induce Labor?
All I can say is HOME DEPOT! I walked and walked, and got further and furhter efaced! good luck! Helpful? Yes | No Save This Remove This Report This Share ...
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- I know the last bit of pregnancy time can really drag along, but sometimes there isn't anything you can do. I was getting close to my due date and tried castor oil, w...
- I have heard eating pineapple helps. Walking up flights of stairs, nipple stimulation if sex is too uncomfortable, get a massage, cinnamon stick tea, acupressure like ...
- All I can say is HOME DEPOT! I walked and walked, and got further and furhter efaced! good luck!
Bleeding @ 38 Weeks
Are you dialated or effaced yet? If so this could be it. Get your bags packed!!! Give your mind a beak and not worry until tomorrow when the doc will be in ...
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- As the other mothers said, this is not a good sign. The condition could be ruptial placentae (sp?), or the placenta detaching. This is not a time to worry about your d...
- Go to the emergency room and I'd love to know who your doc is - so I don't go there. There is nothing worse than not gettnig a timely call back... If you're worried (...
- I didn't have bleeding at all, but I would just go and get checked at the hospital if your doctors are non responsive. Better to be safe than sorry. I hope everything ...
Labor Starters
I am dilated to 3cm and 75% effaced. I have been having contractions for 6 days now but it never seems to amount to anything. I guess I will just have to be ...
Positive Fetal Fibronectin at 31 & 1/2 Weeks
I started having the same fears as you, and my dr even hospitalized me as I was beginning to dilate and efface. I was so scared my little girl, ...
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- Hi - I was put on bedrest at 30 weeks due to early contractions. My FFN test was initially negative, but around 32/33 weeks or so it came back positive. My doctor ...
- K., I never had a problem like yours with either of my pregnancies but I did have my second at 32 weeks due to some bowel complications I was having. So my advic...
- I don't know what you were told about the test. The general rule is, if it's negative, you are not likely to deliver in the next 2 weeks. If it's positive, it is not ...
How Long Until Labor?
But was not dilated or effaced any of the times. When they treated me with IV antibiotics for a vaginal infection, the contractions slowed down and then ...
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- Hi T. The good news is it won't be more than 6 weeks right? I went into labor at 18 weeks, hospital, mag drip, or all kinds of things. From then on I was in labor....
- Both of my girls were early - I was due 3/5 w/my oldest and started w/preterm labor on 1/3 - she was born right @ 36 wks and was fine - my youngest was due 12/14 & I b...
- When I was pregnant with my daughter I went into labor at 31 weeks. At that time they told me I was fully dialated fully afaced. They gave me shots to help her breeath...
Questions About Inducing Labor
When I got there I found out I had dilated 2 cm and was 50% effaced, so they sent me to the hospital. There they gave me the shot to speed up my son's lung ...
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- Hello H., I was induced with my first baby. The doctor thought I was 2 weeks over due. Delivery was normal compared to my second who came right on her due date. Labor ...
- I had a C-section at 37 weeks. My baby girl was perfect, lungs fully developed. My blood pressure was extremely high. C-section is definately the way to go.
- Hi H.. Congrats to you! I have been a doula for over ten years and have lots of birth experience. Inductions can be hard on you mentally because it is forced. Yet, ...
38 Wks and 5 Days!!
If labor starts you are not going to dilate and efface so fast that you can't get home in time. Think back to your first. The cramps started - or your water ...
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- I understand your frustration. My first two children were two weeks early and my third, although I started having regualr contractions about a month before her due da...
- Do you have anyone who can take you out someplace? Your mom maybe? Someone who can help with your son and get you two out of the house? Sounds like you are going stir ...
- i have a 3 month and a 3 y.o. and let me just say that you should spend this time enjoying your older kid, because i am sure you know you will be expecting a lot more ...
