3rd Trimester

Striping membranes

When do dr.s recommend doing this, if at all??
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Re: Striping membranes

  • I'd ask your doctor (since I'm sure like everything else related to pregnancy and labor, each doctor is going to have his/her own preferences and policies)
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  • My doctor asked if I was going to want it done at my 36 week appointment, but wouldn't do it till 37 weeks and I had to be 1 cm otherwise she would wait another week.
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  • My dr. hasn't mentioned it. I thought it was something they do when they want to induce, to get things moving along before they use stronger induction methods like pitocin.


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  • Mine can't he says that I am not dilated enough for him to get in there and do anything. I am 1cm btw. Even with all my begging.
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    I'm sure it varies, but for my doctor & midwife, they will start stripping at 39/40 weeks, because it is a "natural" method of induction (so they wouldn't want to do it before then unless there was a specific reason for it). They told me that it doesn't always work the first time, so they usually plan to do it a few times, every 2 or 3 days, and it almost always gets things going.

    Oh, and you have to be dilated enough for them to fit a couple fingers in - so usually 2cm.

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  • My midwife stripped mine when i was 38 weeks 5 days and then again at ever appt after that. i was really hoping to not go into labor on christmas day (my due date) or go too far over because with my first DD i went to 42 weeks 3 days. I ended up having her the day after christmas .
  • It will just depend. If you're dilated for weeks on end, they may begin to strip them at 37-38 weeks. I had mine done once, with each of my daughters, and they were born the next day (39 weeks 5 days with each of them).

     

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  • My midwife with DS didn't offer until 40 weeks, 6 days. I hadn't asked about it before that point either. I was 2 cms, she stripped them and stretched me to 4 cms, and I went into labor the next day.
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