Hi guys
Today was my regular checkup and my dr checked me and told me i am only half a centimeter dilated! and on top of that I am GB positive! Any one else only a few centimeters dilated? and GB positive. I am hoping by next tuesday to be atleast 2-3 centimeters so i am up for any remedies to help!
Re: 37 weeks and only half a centimeter dilated!
So glad you posted this as I am feeling a lil depressed. Just saw my Dr. an hour ago and I am 37 weeks and "closed and firm"....she said I will probably watch my delivery date come and go......yay.........not.
This isn't something OBs practice (my midwives suggested it) and it isn't exactly pleasant. But you can take 2000mg of Evening Primrose Oil and insert it into your vagina at night. It is supposed to soften and help efface the cervix. Don't worry about the dilation number. The number you want to change the most is effacement. You can stay dilated for weeks.
It's something you can try and is considered safe after 37 weeks, when you are full term.
No progress here either. Closed cervix.
This however is making me slow down my nesting. I have been putting off getting my suitcase ready and whatnot because I have this lingering feeling that I will not go before due date. Bad assumption, I know!
I can't even believe you are checking your dialation at 37 weeks. With my DS I waited until 39 weeks, at which point midwife said no progress and I'd probably go to 40 weeks. Two days later, but water broke and I delivered at 39 weeks 2 days.
You can be dialated for weeks and still deliver after your due date. It really doesn't mean that much.
This. What's the rush? Wouldn't your baby be considered 3 weeks early at this point? RELAX.
This exactly. Being dialated really doesn't mean anything. I was 4cm with DS for the last MONTH and he wasn't born until his due date, although the doctors kept telling me "any day now!" Or you can be 0/0 and have your baby the next day.
But if you want to try something, I recommend sex. Can't hurt, right?
37 weeks is not 3 weeks early, it full term.