Hi girls, since there was no progress this morning, the midwife came by and stripped my membranes. It was fairly uncomfortable, but not very painful. She said she could "easily" strip me, and that I was 2 cm dilated. She hoped for some progress within the next 24hrs. However, as stripping is just "irritating" the membranes without any meds no one can really tell for sure whether it will work.
I have another stripping appointment for next Thursday if nothing happens. Hopefully I won't need that :-)
I already told Ashley (my labor buddy), but I'll let you know here as well. Please do not post anything labor related on FaceBook. There are some people I want to keep informed on a personal level, and would hate for them to find stuff out through FB-messages, I hope you girls understand :-)
Well, its been 1,5hrs and still nothing, so DH and I are going for a short walk this afternoon (and maybe get some ice cream while we're at it)
Ash or I will keep you posted if anything should happen!
Re: Update
I'll keep sending Vibes that Spruit comes out to play asap!
and definitely will keep FB uninformed
נשמה שבאה לעולם למספר חודשים לשהות במעי האם, היא נשמת צדיק גמור שבאה לעולם רק לתקן פגם קטן ולאחר מספר חודשים אלו היא שבה למקומה לגן עדן להתענג על ה'. לעתיד לבוא נשמה זו תוכר באחד מבנייך ובזכות נשמת צדיק זה תזכי להיות במחיצת צדיקים
TTC Since September 2011
BFP#1:Dec.1.11 EDD:Aug.09.12 MC:Jan.11.12 (9WK5D)-Natural
BFP#2:Apr.18.12 EDD:Dec.21.12 MC:May.1.12 (6WK3D)-D&C
BFP#3:Sep.12.12 - Suspected CP | BFP#4:Dec.1.12 - Suspected CP
BFP#5: Dec.26.12 EDD:Sep.10.13 MC:Jan.7.13 (4WK6D)-Natural
BFP#6: Jun.11.13 EDD:Feb.23.13 Beta: #1=8000 #2=24532 US@6wk2d showed 7wk2d size with 143BPM HR * NT US@12wk6d looked good. A/S passed with flying colors and our team color is Blue! *Grow my little Pamplemousse*!!!
Ashley & Josh ~ The Reef Resort ~ Grand Cayman~ May 15th 2010
Labor dust coming your way, hopefully something will progress for you soon!
Good luck Hanneke. My midwife gave me 24 hours after stripping and I went into labor later that night.
He/She will be here soon!
Oh Hanneke!!! I hope it works!!! My girlfriend just had her membranes stripped at 40 weeks 5 days the other day and was in labor 6 hours after.
Maybe try a little sexy time too?
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