Repeat c-section mamas

Sweets2005

If you are having a repeat c/s, does your OB do internal checks on you (or will your OB do it when you are further along)? If so, when do/will they start? I keep expecting an internal at every visit but so far nothing, which I am definitely happy about but a part of me is curious to know if I am dilated/effaced at all. Thanks!

Shelleybeant

Not for me so far, and my last appointment is next Monday.  It makes the Dr. visits  very routine (a little boring!)

Abby'sMommy

Mine doesn't, he says there is not a reason to possibly enter bacteria and possibly start something else up there.

welcel

I asked my doc about it, and he said no.  However, H is going out of town in two weeks, and he will be about five hours away for a week.  So, the doc is going to do one internal at that point, just to see how I check out and to hopefully provide some (maybe false) piece of mind to both of us.

Sweets2005

Oh that is very helpful, thank you ladies!

gdssofshdws

My Dr. said since they don't have to worry about how far along I am-dilatation wise, they don't check. 

He said we could always check if I wanted to.   I told him "No thanks!" 

Towards the end with my first son it was TORTURE.  That stuff gets swollen down there!

RobinSparkles214

At first I was being told by the nurse that I would get them, but my OB clarified that I was  repeat c-section. So that means no internals for me. I am very happy about that.

Jaimers375

My dr still does them, I'll get it done next week. It's mainly to do the strep B test just in case for some reason I deliver vaginally in an ambulance or something like that type of situation. 

NewFamily09

I'm not far enough along to know yet, but I don't see why they would bother doing them if you're having a scheduled  c section.  At my office, they are optional, and I am certainly going to decline to have them done.  They're not very pleasant, you know?

mrsschrager

none for me so far.. she did ask me if i wanted her to check 2 appts ago and I looked at her like she was crazy lol ouch! i asked her last time and she said no there will be no internals unless god forbid I have issues. I would like to know if she is head down or breech though..

csells021383

I only have one appointment left and they have not done one.

beautifulsin90

Nope not for me unless i think I have a infection. She should start doing them because even though I have to have a repeat C-section I could still go into labor and she wants to prevent that at all cost. To dangerous.

I am sure she just thinks that you aren't going to go into labor before your date.