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chance_encounterschance_encounters member
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Where to start. My history dd1 I was 2 weeks 3 days late with her. My water finally broke a 2 cm and no progression of dialation or contractions! after that. So they started me on pitocin and after 41 hours of labor I got an epidural. 1 hour later she was born. DD 2 similar story.
So, I started taking evening primrose 3000 mg orally and 500 vaginally about 2 weeks ago and I have been drinking red rasberry leaf tea 3 cups a day. For the past 4 days I have been having alot of contractions and they have been getting stronger. So my ob checks me today. ZERO dialation and 25 effaced....
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  • chance_encounterschance_encounters member
    Sorry, hit post too soon bumping from phone. I just thought there would be SOME type of progression :
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  • aylafsu88aylafsu88 member
    Stay positive!  Dilation and effacement are just numbers and do not accurately predict when you will go into labor.  You can sit around at 3 cm dilated for weeks or go from 0 cm to full blown labor.  Keep thinking positive and hopefully LO will come soon!
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  • sbevmc09sbevmc09 member

    imageaylafsu88:
    Stay positive!  Dilation and effacement are just numbers and do not accurately predict when you will go into labor.  You can sit around at 3 cm dilated for weeks or go from 0 cm to full blown labor.  Keep thinking positive and hopefully LO will come soon!

    Yep, this.  You really can't get caught up in the numbers.  It's annoying to have contractions that aren't causing a lot of cervical change or leading directly to active labor, but just think about it as your body practicing for the real thing.  Your uterus is working out in preparation of the real thing. It's frustrating, but a good thing.  It will happen soon!

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    You made progress.  You started thinning :)  Your history says you like to gestate a long time.  Early broken water often means a posterior baby, and it sounds like your 41 hr augmented labor indicates that as well.  Are you doing the exercises on spinningbabies.com?
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