Is membrane stripping painful?

Re: Is membrane stripping painful?

• SallySunrise member

  July 2012

  Eh, I guess it depends on your pain tolerance and your doctor.  I've had mine stripped at the last two appts and it definitely felt uncomfortable but I wouldn't say it was painful.  As with cervical checks, the more tense you are, the more painful/uncomfortable it will be.  If you take a deep breath and let it out slowly, focusing on relaxing everything down there, it should be just fine.

  

  
  

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• OUKatie member

  July 2012

  amilyn9785:

  For me it felt a lot like a long internal exam. Same kind of pressure in the same place.  My OB did the normal internal check and then the strip; the whole thing took about 30 seconds. 

  I've been 3cm and 80% for over two weeks so I'm not sure if it would be more/less painful if you're more/less dilated and effaced.    I'm also still pregnant 24+ hours later.

  This, except I was 2cm last week and 3 cm this week. Other than that detail, totally the same.

  

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• cwm11985 member

  July 2012

  SallySunrise:

  Eh, I guess it depends on your pain tolerance and your doctor.  I've had mine stripped at the last two appts and it definitely felt uncomfortable but I wouldn't say it was painful.  As with cervical checks, the more tense you are, the more painful/uncomfortable it will be.  If you take a deep breath and let it out slowly, focusing on relaxing everything down there, it should be just fine.

   

  This.  As soon as my doctor started it (this was yesterday) she said I'd feel crampy, and I did and that was basically the extent of it.  However, if you have a low pain tolerance you could identify the crampy-uncomfortableness with pain.  Just relax and you'll probably be just fine! 

  
  

  

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