Dilated to 12 cm??

HopeNotLost

https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/67427239.aspx

She dilated to 12 cm?!  I have never heard of this before?  Of course, I don't go around asking women, "Oh hey, did you go past 10 cm or did you just stay right there?" 

 

minervacullen

IDK? I've never heard of it.

ngarden01

Interesting.. never heard of that either.

RissKay

I don't think it's a thing. If you google "dialated to 12 cm" this current thread is #4 that pops up... and you JUST started it.  

happilyeverafterxo

Yeah, I got nothin' either! I've never heard of this.

HopeNotLost

RissKay:

I don't think it's a thing. If you google "dialated to 12 cm" this current thread is #4 that pops up... and you JUST started it.  

LOL!  Well hey, I accomplished SOMETHING today then.

LittleFish1

Maybe the dr had small fingers since they use # of fingers to equate to cm's dilated? (ha! don't want to imagine sticking a ruler up there)

BananaPancake

12cm. Wow. Talk about overdoing it. 

ObLaDi

Yeah, that's not a thing.

10cm = fully dilated. Like a pp said, no one's sticking a ruler in there  

ShellShockedMama

I've read that it is possible to go to 13 but that's solely on the Internet. I need to ask the MW next appointment, just out of curiosity. 

jenyjeny

Maybe she has a REALLY long cervix? LOL

ShellShockedMama

I'm thinking that since 10 cm = fully dilated, they just stop stick their hands up there once you reach 10. That's not to say that it's impossible to go past 10,  that's just when they stop measuring 

itsmevkb

Here's some info:

Cervix Myth #1: 10 is the Magic Number

No, it is not.  Did you know that you can dilate past 10 cm? What?!  Now what are we all supposed to do?  That sounds horrific!  It IS horrific, right?

Not really.  Not any more so than dilating to 10 is.  I dilated well beyond 10 cm with my last birth, where my baby?s head measured at a whooping 14.75 inches.  That?s right, that?s 38 cm (circumference) of head coming through me, which means I would have had to have dilated to 11+ cm (diameter).  And guess what, I lived.  And guess what, too?.it didn?t hurt any more than my other births where I dilated just to a 10.  So, just because you are 10 cm doesn?t necessarily mean you are ready to push.

ZooCrewMom

I'm guessing most ladies don't care once they hit 10cm, bragging about bonus space seems like a way to make other jealous. 

JLSmith124

I am a nurse and the way I understood it was that after 10cm, the cervix is just fully open, as in no lip or no way to dilate further. 

::goes to research in maternity nursing books:: 

kescalera

Over-achiever! Considering what has to come out of there, a little "extra" dilation probably never hurt anyone.

mama2many

People are dumb. The other day I had a gf of a cousin of mine tell me she was 6wks over due with her first. At first I thought i misheard her, but then she repeated it 2 more times. *eye roll*

dee12807

I'm just annoyed at the title of the post. '3 natural births'. Maybe it's just my opinion, but she didn't have natural births, she had vaginal births. The epidural takes away from the natural part... I would never say I had a 'natural burth' b/c I had an epidural.