effacement and dilation ?

BellaBaby711 · January 2011

I think I probably already know the answer, but I figured I'd ask just to see what others have to say and what others experiences are. I have come to realize through many posts that effacement and dilation don't mean much as to when you will go into labor. However, do you typically dilate and efface simultaneously? Last week I found out at my doc visit that I was 80% effaced but not dilated at all. I didn't think to ask any questions about it while I was there but as I headed home I really started to wonder. Has anyone else nearly become fully effaced before dilating? Does this mean anything? Or are everyone's bodies just different and efface and dilate on their on schedule? Any insight or sharing similar/different experiences is appreciated. TIA!

Jenny33 · January 2011

I am a first time mom and at my 39 week/5 day appt I was 1 cm dilated and 0% effaced.

I'm thinking that everyone is different.

starsmaycollide · January 2011

Ditto pp. At my 38 week appt, I was 1 cm dilated but not effaced. Since then I am having contractions, but they aren't the strong active labor kind that dilate the cervix-they are 'prelabor'-they are likely helping my cervix thin.

tklangel · January 2011

I was 0cm and 70% at my 38 week appt. My doc only does every other week appts, so I don't have another one until tomorrow (40 weeks) to see if there's been progress, but like a pp said, my doctor also said that first timers often do efface first... he did mention it CAN make dilation go faster, but not to count on it

tfarabians · January 2011

Last time I dialated but never effaced. I got to about 3cm at 40 weeks 6 days and my water broke. I never had a bloody show or lost my mp.

pawcall · January 2011

My experience was this:

36w - 1cm dilated/50% effaced

37w - 2cm dilated/80% effaced

Then I went into labor at 37w6d
- showed up at 10:30 still 2cm/80%
- took a long morphine-induced nap and woke up at 6pm 3-4cm/80%
- checked again at 9pm - 6cm/80%
- 3am - 8cm/80%
- 5am - 9cm/80%
- checked at 7:30 and I was 10cm/100%

I have no idea why I was stalled out at 80% effacement, but I thought it would never progress...

NoemiJ · January 2011

lissydee:
first time moms will usually efface first and then dilate. 2nd timers + will usually dilate and efface simultaneously.

I think this is my case. I've been 1cm dilated since 35 weeks, but now I'm almost 100% effaced. We'll see if I've dilated more at tomorrow's appointment.

J05Boiler · January 2011

I believe they both happen in their own timeframe. FWIW, at my first internal I was 50% effaced, 1cm dialated. Since then I've progressed to 75% effacted, 2-3cm dialated.

branlynn · January 2011

I'm 39 weeks 1 day and as of 37w1d (and last week at 38w1d) I was about 1.5cm and 80% effaced. I have my 39w appt tomorrow.

kensbride08 · January 2011

AS of last week I was 1 cm dilated with no effacement

BrittKav · January 2011

1st baby: 2 cm and 75% effaced from 36 weeks until I was induced at 39 weeks.

2nd baby: 2 cm and 50% effaced at 35.5 weeks & 36.5 weeks

3 cm and 50% effaced at 37.5 weeks

Have my 38.5 week appointment tomorrow morning.

JNMiller · January 2011

At mine 36 week appointment, last Thursday, I was 2 cm dialated and 50% effaced. Mine seems to be happening together, so we'll see. Everyone is probably different.

miliamp · January 2011

This is the only time you will catch all of us easily talking about what's going on up in there!

Love it..

at my 36 I was 90% effaced, 1 cm dilated.. and my fill in doc was assertive enough to suggest that there was no way I was going to make it to my due date!.. we'll see what the Thursday appt brings.. (37wk)..

wish there were timetable charts and averages we could look at for stufff like this..

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