membrane stripped?

Numajawara

Is it painful? Just curious... :-/

whyyesimquirky

Yes, no fun. I had mine stripped with my daughter and promptly told my doctor that we were no longer friends. Lol
I wanted to say much more believe me but I was trying to stay professional.
It didnt help any with me.. I still needed a csection

Ckorines

YES! Did it with my daughter and delivered her the next day. It hurts like a mother effer, but well worth it. (In my opinion!) I cursed my midwife off, she laughed, and she said I bet you won't take an epidural because you handled that so well! I recommend it!

mnj05

It did but I didn't think it was that bad. I had it done twice, the second time hurt a little more.

blukats

Yes! I said very mean things to my OB for that 20 seconds.

BadgerTwins+1

Oh. My. God! The first time i had this done i was not prepared for the pain at all! I nearly jumped off the table and squeezed my husbands hand so hard i almost broke his fingers! And it didnt work for me but turns out my body doesnt handle labor so we have had c/s babies.

hting

Yes it hurts ...that pain was worse thsn my hours of labor. No one told me. My bff came in right after and I was crying so much she thought I had lost the baby.

Numajawara

OH...MY...GOODNESS X_X

mommy1922

So that's a NO for that procedure!! [-X

keniialise

I had my membranes stripped in my first pregnancy it didn't bother me at all, and my son was born 12 hours later - so I went around telling all my pregnant friends "ohh you have to do this, it will make your baby come out so fast" (many of my friends were pissed at this advice after they thought it would be just as easy for them! They said it was miserable and none of their babies came out as fast ) so with my second I thought hey hopefully it will work again, I was wrong... I had my membranes stripped three times with my second and still ended up being induced.

zmombie

Yes!!! It hurts. But it's not unbearable. And it can cause a lot of bleeding. But docs say all is normal.

hendS731

I've heard it's very painful & it doesn't even work a lot of the time, plus it can cause your baby to go into distress! But I also know one girl who had it done & she had her baby the next day, so it just depends really!

AngelaPlus3

It was uncomfortable but not painful. I had some cramping after like she told me I would and my son was born the next day. I will definitely try it again this time when I get to that stage.

Numajawara

Wow, its crazy how everyone's experience is so unique but I'm still scared and rather not take the chance lol I think labor pains will be enough to deal with

Marinewife81

I had mine done with both of my previous pregnancies. It didn't work for the first one, but when I had it done with baby #2, he came 2 days later (a week early). It didn't hurt that bad, but it was uncomfortable. I plan to have it done again this time around.

mrsrep123

So this procedure is a choice? Haven't even heard of it

ckalm5

I've had it done before and it didn't bother me any more than getting my cervix checked.

SBbabyonboard

I've had it done, was so painful my body automatically started squirming back away from my OB. Lol. I wasn't prepared for the pain at all!!

tasharchibald

I think the sound was worse than the actual pain! I could hear it and it sounds like he was literally ripping something

shelmo88

I had it done with my first and didn't think it was much worse than a pap. I don't think it did much tho just caused false labor @ 38 wks bad enough for an evening in the hospital, that was $1000 we didn't need to spend. They will come out when ready, I think most of the time it's coincidental...mine ended up being 3 days early

erinnlou

mrsrep123 said:

So this procedure is a choice? Haven't even heard of it

It's an option to try and help you go into labor without being induced. Doesn't work for everyone, but it's a more natural option than induction.

expletive baby

I had it done after my water broke to try and speed up the process. It was horrendous, the most painful part of my labor and delivery (I had an early and amazing epidural later on). It was fast and the pain was short lived but those moments were excruciating. The OB that did it was sweet and nice and heard some very bad things tumble out my mouth. She deserved it.