Does getting membranes stripped hurt?

Amigosa · July 2009

I have been wondering this... if it does hurt, how bad? Any other info you can give me?

johnsoar · July 2009

The dr said she did it to me today and it didn't hurt me anymore than any other internal. But I have a friend that said it hurt really bad...maybe it depends on your pain tolerance.

Kflie83 · July 2009

Mine didn't hurt either time. Not at all!

water-fairy · July 2009

My OB tried to do it today... and it hurt like hell. I asked her to stop. Maybe I'm too sissy, but I couldn't take it. My 2cm dilated and 50% effaced cervix was, apparently, way too sensitive. No stripped membranes for me.

IselaCid · July 2009

I got it done today, and yes it hurt. Not like crying hurt, but like *motherf#cker* then goes away hurt.

IselaCid · July 2009

water-fairy:
My OB tried to do it today... and it hurt like hell. I asked her to stop. Maybe I'm too sissy, but I couldn't take it. My 2cm dilated and 50% effaced cervix was, apparently, way too sensitive. No stripped membranes for me.

Better progress than me...I'm 1 cm and 50% effaced. Oh well, the news actually helped me to remember to relax and enjoy the rest of the pregnancy...to stop looking for ever effing sign and contraction!

CPSTmama · July 2009

When I had it done it was so bad I almost passed out. It was up there with the most painful experiences I have ever had. Way worse than childbirth (unmedicated). It seems to vary a lot from woman to woman and I haven't figured out why it is so painful for some and a piece of cake for others.

water-fairy · July 2009

IselaCid:
water-fairy:
My OB tried to do it today... and it hurt like hell. I asked her to stop. Maybe I'm too sissy, but I couldn't take it. My 2cm dilated and 50% effaced cervix was, apparently, way too sensitive. No stripped membranes for me.
Better progress than me...I'm 1 cm and 50% effaced. Oh well, the news actually helped me to remember to relax and enjoy the rest of the pregnancy...to stop looking for ever effing sign and contraction!

I've been like that since my first internal at 37 weeks. I knew I was in it for the long haul... And I have yet to have a single effing contraction!

T&BMay142005 · July 2009

My Dr. tried to strip my membranes today. I am only 1 cm so it hurt like hell! Way worse than an internal! Oh and I haven't had any contractions yet at all. Maybe if I had some progress it wouldn't have been so painful?

meg1974 · July 2009

I asked two people that question last week, and both said they didn't feel anything.

Jen&Joe06 · August 2009

IMO it probably has a lot to do with your progress and the position of your cervix. Mine is really posterior so if she was even able to reach it (she can't) it would be painful for her to get back there.

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