Need Reassurance (From 3rd-Tri)

Andreaw1124 · October 2009

Hi, Ladies!

Please let me know if anyone of you went from ZERO to 60 before 41 weeks. I have nothing going on?nothing. Doc couldn?t even give me ?a finger-tip dilated.? She will induce at 41 weeks, but I have heard rumors there is still a chance that something can happen on its own. Did any of you go into spontaneous labor before 41 weeks and had been told that you had NOTHING going on? Zero? Zilch? Nada? Share your stories! I need to know there is a chance that we may be able to avoid an induction next week.

ChelleM · October 2009

At 39 weeks I was 1 cm.

I got to the hospital an hour after I went into labor (40 weeks) and I was 2 cm. I went from 2 cm to 10 in 7 hours. So basically zero to 60. It means nothing.

alicia023 · October 2009

I was only a fingertip and my water broke 3 days before EDD. GL!

hurricaneb-2-b · October 2009

ME! I was a fingertip at 40 weeks and no signs of even false labor pains...nothing.

Had a NST on Thursday, and was 1/2cm, no contractions and was told I should check the induction schedule for the following week because most likely I would be on it. I woke up Friday, still nothing...5:00pm I started having contractions but they were so spaced out. At 9:00 they were close enough to start timing. We left for the hospital at midnight and was checked and was only 1 cm. They said if I didn't progress within the hour that they would send me home. 45 mins later my water broke and less than 4 hours after that my daughter was born.

emathis2 · October 2009

I had some progress.... But the day before I was to be induced I was 5 cm and no pain and then on the day to be induced I went into labor on my own. Sometimes your body will do that if you really dont want an induction.

fnkeefresh · October 2009

Your baby will come when ready. With my older daughter I was at zero then 2 days later I had her. That was at 40 weeks 5 days. With our LO I was 41 weeks 4 days, and when she decided it was time she came quick. Both of them did. So in my experience I was overdue, BUT I had extreeeeeeemely quick deliveries. Maybe you'll be that lucky too.

Its like the Tom Petty song says "The Waiting is the hardest part."

poopteen · October 2009

I was sent home from L&D when I had excruciating contractions and was at 2 cm. I went in for my appt the next morning and was at 4.5 and was asked why the hell I wasn't in L&D. Confused

Ended up giving birth two hours prior to her due date.

g8orell · October 2009

I was induced at 39 weeks due to Pre-E and DD's HR dropping during an NST...I was 0cm, 80% effaced and 0 station. After 12 hours of cervidil and several hours of Pitocin, I was still 0cm. After 24 hours total, I had a c-section. Sorry to say, but from personal experience, from my OB rotation and from what my doctor said, most of the time (not always), if you are at the end and 0cm, it's a good indication that the baby is too big to fit. Good luck!

beccabrad · October 2009

I had no progress, cervix still high and tight and 24 hrs. later my water broke.

peachypear · October 2009

I'm going to assume that you understand that "progress" means nothing and that you do not need to induce at 41 weeks barring medical issues, and are simply looking for encouragement. So I'll skip that lecture.

I was fingertip dilated forever and spontaneously went into labor at 40w6d. Vaginally delivered a healthy, averaged sized baby and all that. Canceled my NSTs from the mom & baby ward

mandolynn81 · October 2009

Nope, sorry after 3 weeks at 1 it took me 48 hours to go from 0-60....

tgallo · October 2009

Well 0-60 probably would describe my labor. I went in for an NST at 8 am at 41 weeks, no progress and zero signs of labor. Went home and took a nap at 12-1. I woke up at 1 and went to the bathroom and labor started soon after. I had my daughter at 6:20...so I had a zero to sixty type of labor.

Andreaw1124 · October 2009

beccabrad:

I had no progress, cervix still high and tight and 24 hrs. later my water broke.

YES! This is exactly what I want to hear and this is exactly how the doctor described my situation yesterday. In fact...she had me make two fists and put them under my tail-bone yesterday my cervix was so high. I asked for a % of effacement and station stats...and she said that she couldn't even give me that Indifferent

I know induction is a very good possibility, and if she let me go past 41 weeks I know baby would eventually come. I know that nobody stays pregnant forever. I'm actually feeling really good, I'm just terrified of going into an induction with a ZERO on the Bishop Score just to have it all end in a C-Section.

Thanks for the stories! Keep em coming...so good to know there is a chance something can happen in the next 8-9 days.

Jami lynn · October 2009

I wasn't dilated at 39 weeks and 6 days.... and my water broke on my due date!!!

Andreaw1124 · October 2009

peachypear:

I'm going to assume that you understand that "progress" means nothing and that you do not need to induce at 41 weeks barring medical issues, and are simply looking for encouragement. So I'll skip that lecture.

I was fingertip dilated forever and spontaneously went into labor at 40w6d. Vaginally delivered a healthy, averaged sized baby and all that. Canceled my NSTs from the mom & baby ward

Hi, There.

I actually have a 2-Vessel Umbilical Cord, hence the induction at 41 weeks. The specialist we visited actually recommended delivery at 39 weeks, but my doctor is willing to let me go to 41 weeks if baby continues to pass NSTs with flying colors. And...my doctor also does believe in progress when measuring it against an induction. She told me that inductions starting with zero progress tend to end in a C-Section because as somebody mentioned above...baby is either too large to fit through the birth canal or ends up not tolerating an induced labor. It?s just good to know that there is a chance Mother Nature will work to my advantage and there is a chance we will be able to avoid the mandatory induction next week.

j&rwil · October 2009

At my 39 week appt they scheduled my induction because I was only a fingertip dilated. I did a lot of walking and went into labor on my own 5 days later, on my EDD. GL!!

Heather&Carl · October 2009

I was only 1cm at my 39 week appt and my son was born on his exact due date 40 weeks. I started having contractions the day before and went to hospital that morning being only 1.5 cm then walked around for 1 hour and went to a 3. I also didn't loose my mucas plug before labor.