Anyone Deliver at Valley and Know??

Yes, E., we all know you're about to deliver your third and I think it's really great that you continue to seek advice, etc. even with your third pregnancy. Many people think that since a person has been there, done that, that there is nothing you should have a problem with. You're a good model for for moms who might be thinking "I feel so stupid for asking because I've already been through this." You're proof that all pregnancies (as all children) are different, regardless of gender-your third is a boy, too, right?
Please be sure to let us know when you have the baby (like you'll have nothing else to do :~>) and how everything turned out.
Good luck to you and your family and I'll say a prayer.
~Mary~

When I went there with my first I was at a four and they said that if I didn't dialate 1cm in an hour I would have to go home. With my second I was induced. I tried the whole walking thing I walked for 4 or 5 days and about 4 hours a day with nothing before I was induced. Good luck!! Take a good bubble bath and get some massages from your hubby, relax and don't tire yourself out too much! =-)

I havent delivered there, but they should be willing to tell you if there is a magic dilation number. Talk to your dr or a labor and delivery nurse. Contractions to painful to handle are another clue.

I delivered in another state, but I was sent home while having contractions because I wasn't dialated enough. The thing they look for isn't how much you are dialated exactly. It is how much you are dialated in conjunction with how quickly you are progressing because you can be 2 or 3 cm dialated for a couple weeks with nothing at all...not even one contraction. They pay closer attention when you are having contractions and if you are not dialating, they try to make you comfortable so you can rest and progress to getting further dialated. I sort of think that the body has a hard time dialating if it is not rested. I wish you luck and a swift delivery. I remember what it was like waiting while I was having contractions.