I know numbers don't mean anything but..

jessicat2283 · December 2013

Ok ok I know numbers really don't mean anything but I had my step b test this am & dr checked me. I'm 1/2 a centimeter. I know I could be this way for weeks & I probably jinxed myself & will go late but with my girls I was still at a 0 after hours Of labor. One nurse told me I was closed like Fort Knox with my oldest, my water had been broke for 9 hours at that point. It's iust exciting to hear I am actually dilating without pitocin for once. 37 weeks tomorrow. If I were on my phone I would post caramels or cookies for you.

peanutmuse · December 2013

Fort Knox, that's exactly how my OB and I describe my cervix too, haha.

MrsGraham06 · December 2013

I had a friend whose OB said her cervix was so closed you couldn't hammer a nail into it. Really?

jessicat2283 · December 2013

I remember when I was told that with my first I wanted to laugh & cry. I thought it was funny but then realized if baby didn't start doing something on her own I was looking at an c section. Maybe this little fella isn't as stubborn as his sisters

I do hope he stays in a bit longer though. His sisters birthday is the 23rd & id like to at least make it past that

susieandmarty · December 2013

I'm jealous. My ob decided to give me a cervical check and said it was so high up that she was basically reaching to my tonsils. Needless to say it is super closed.

jessicat2283 · December 2013

Lol glad my on didn't say that. I might look for a new ob

jessicat2283 · December 2013

@Susieandmarty I just laughed out loud. Glad I am home alone. My ob has little hands so I am glad she could feel mine.

angiek1 · December 2013

Ugh I'm hoping i'm progressing with all the pains I'm having. I had 0 progression on my own with DD#1 and I was at 41 weeks. I'm hoping I get to go naturally with this baby to have that experience! I'm sure it's exciting to hear you at least have SOME movement!

ac1259 · December 2013

MrsGraham06 said:

I had a friend whose OB said her cervix was so closed you couldn't hammer a nail into it. Really?

@MrsGraham06- just thinking about that makes me cringe..very bad analogy for her OB!

susieandmarty · December 2013

Yeah. I was not thrilled with the analogy but it made me giggle too. I'm not surprised I'm only 34 weeks - they just were down there checking something else - so why not right? With dd my water broke and needed pitocin. Because I was only dilated to one. Hopefully not the case this time - I'm already majorly impatient

Cara1024 · December 2013

I would be excited about the 1/2 cm too after your previous experience! Good news!

jessicat2283 · December 2013

Thanks!! Yeah even if i need pitocin again it's just exciting to have some progress on my own

LuGal623 · December 2013

Is it sad or crazy that I am sort of excited for my Drs appt on Friday for my Group B Strep test and cervical check?! I know it doesn't mean anything if I am dilated this early at 36 weeks but I just want know what's going on down there!

Jen4033 · December 2013

I had my 38w appt today. I was 1.5 cm last week & this week she said I was about the same, but is going to say I am at 2 just so I can feel better after all the pain I have been having. I like her sense of humor

It was a painful weekend. I really expected more. I'll settle for beign 2 cm 50% effaced for now since I want him to hang out another week and a half at least anyway!

jessicat2283 · December 2013

That was nice of her

this weekend I kept feeling stuff going on down there so I hoped I was making some progress. I'm 60% effaced I usually thin out pretty quickly. I just never dilate.

CeeJC121013 · December 2013

I know it means nothing, but my OB didn't check me at today's 37 week appt, but last week when she did check she said that my cervix was "very soft" and that I was "starting to dilate". Way to be vague. Boo.

bethughknee · December 2013

sapatel1 said:

LuGal623 said:

Is it sad or crazy that I am sort of excited for my Drs appt on Friday for my Group B Strep test and cervical check?! I know it doesn't mean anything if I am dilated this early at 36 weeks but I just want know what's going on down there!

I have mine tomorrow and I'm not excited. I've been telling everyone this baby is still at my ribs and has no interest in moving toward the exit. I'll be surprised if I hear anything different tomorrow!

@LuGal623 I don't think that's crazy haha. I'm not sure I'd say I'm "excited" for my internal on Thursday but I can definitely appreciate wanting to know where you stand. I just like to know all the things!!

@sapatel1 Don't let that get you down (yet)!

I felt cramped up high with my last pregnancy until right around 37 weeks and then BOOM he just dropped and I was in waddle city for the last 2 weeks I was pregnant. Went into labor 3 days before my EDD. Also, one of my close friends had a very high transverse baby her first pregnancy and her OB kept swearing they'd need to do a C-section and she went into labor right on her due date and baby was head down. Things can change in a day! (They can also change back the next but I still think it's too early to get discouraged by your LO's position quite yet haha.)

cnwilbur1030 · December 2013

I had the same thing today! Just a "fingertip" dilated. Big whoop! Here's to hoping we both progress super fast the next few weeks! I want this baby on this years deductible dang it!

waterlily2k2 · December 2013

I definitely understand, OP. With DS I was induced just shy of 38w and had zero progress across the board at the start. This time, at 37w3d I'm 3cm and 70% effaced. Not much else going on, and I know I can walk around like this for weeks. But it excites me and makes me happy to know that my body is at least doing something on its own.

MamaP19 · December 2013

I remember being excited that I was at 2cm with DD at 39 weeks. Then, at 40 weeks I was barely 1cm. I left that appt so mad and confused. Little did I know that after being induced I would be stuck at 3cm for 25 hours, all while on pitocin. I only ever dilated (past 3cm) after getting an epi.

Ugh, labor.

angiek1 · December 2013

I just got back from my doc appt and she told me I am 1 cm and 25% effaced!! I am ecstatic! As I mentioned earlier with my first I was having contractions all the time but NEVER progressed until I post induction at 41 weeks. I could have jumped up and down for joy when she said I've progressed some already. It gives me hope that I might get to go on my own this time! I totally get where you are coming from.

sehudson821 · December 2013

cnwilbur1030 said:
I had the same thing today! Just a "fingertip" dilated. Big whoop! Here's to hoping we both progress super fast the next few weeks! I want this baby on this years deductible dang it!

They told me the same thing yesterday. What does that even mean? I assumed it was her nice way of letting me know nothing is really happening just yet.

kw42775 · December 2013

susieandmarty said:
I'm jealous. My ob decided to give me a cervical check and said it was so high up that she was basically reaching to my tonsils. Needless to say it is super closed.

This was me today.

megngregk · December 2013

LuGal623 said:
Is it sad or crazy that I am sort of excited for my Drs appt on Friday for my Group B Strep test and cervical check?! I know it doesn't mean anything if I am dilated this early at 36 weeks but I just want know what's going on down there!

I had my first one yesterday (37w today) and my Dr said "Well no wonder you feel like he's falling out. 3cm dilated and about 80% effaced". I am trying so hard to be reasonable and keep reminding myself I can stay here for weeks, but I can't help but be really excited/anxious/hopeful on the inside that things are progressing. Dr said she would be shocked if I made it to January, though!

Husband funny. I sent him a message to update him, and he basically thought I was in labor. I had to explain that LO could come any day or we could sit here for weeks and he goes "Oh. So no specific day?" What?! No, dummy. I don't exactly get a singing telegram notifying me ahead of time. FTD problems.

sarajo430 · December 2013

@megngregk: How exciting! While it's true that you COULD stay where you are for quite a while, it has to feel great to know that you're making progress on your own!

What an adorable FTD response. My husband asks me daily, "So, are you going to have the baby today?" He must think that communication is possible via the umbilical cord or something. Men...

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