Late intro and a question

qtqiqi · September 2014

Hi Ladies,

I have been doing a little bit of lurking and figure it is time to introduce myself since the board has been very helpful. I am 35 weeks 1day and we are team green again. I had my son at 35weeks 6 years ago due to pPROM and I've been nervous about actually making it to October (part of why my intro is so late...). I had a pelvic exam today found out that baby is not engaged yet, but my cervix is anterior and 50% effaced, I am at 1cm. We are hopeful that baby will stay put for few more weeks... although I understand labor can happen before that too...

I tried to search the board to get a sense of how likely the baby will stay put once distillation start but I wasn't able to find out much, just curious to know long the partial effacement/dilation phase lasted for those of you who found out before labor? - Thanks

Emerald27 · September 2014

No experience to share since when I was induced at 37 weeks with DS, I was closed up tight.

BUT I have heard from OBs and my MW that early dilation doesn't usually mean much. Women can walk around at 3+ cm dilated for weeks, or can go into labor from zero and dilate to 10 within just a few hours. Everyone and every pregnancy is different.

golfingdarwinfish · September 2014

It can mean absolutely nothing and it depends on your body and your pregnancy. You may walk around in the current state for weeks, or labor may begin sooner; there's really no way of knowing for sure.

MrMrsandBaby · September 2014

^^WSS

I had an appointment on my EDD with my DD and was 0 cm, no effacement, nothing. I went into labor the next day and had her 24 hours later. Everyone is different and every pregnancy is different.

qtqiqi · September 2014

Thanks everyone. I should clarify that I am not looking for an answer on whether I will make it for a specific amount of time. I am simply curious to see the spread from people who found out about their progress before labor and care to share. Perhaps it is more of a poll than a question. Sorry about being not totally clear in the original post.

trisharenee0316 · September 2014

My personal experience isn't helpful here, but from what I've heard from other moms, it seems to be pretty common for STM+ to dilate sooner, but still hold out until term before labor. I guess we'll see soon enough for me since I don't think my OB would do a cervical check until next week.

vrj0522 · September 2014

Welcome! I have a friend who walked for 3 weeks at 3 cm dilated before she had her baby... and she was a STM.

mcolpoys · September 2014

Hey! I'm glad you posted this as I was thinking of posting something similar to see if there were any other STM that were as dilated as I am but not in active labor. With my first I walked about at 4cm for a couple of weeks and by the time I went to the hospital I was at a 5.5-6. With this one I was 2 cm and 75% effaced at 35 weeks, at 37 weeks I was a 'stretchy 5-almost 6 and 80%, and now at 38 weeks I'm the same dilation and 90% effaced'. I guess one of the perks to dilating early is by the time you're in labor your body has already done a lot of the work!

MorganWP · September 2014

With my daughter I was 4cm from 34 weeks until I gave birth. This time I went into labour on saturday (I was 36 and 5), went from 3 to almost 6 and labour stopped completely on its own. So I'm currently somewhere between 5 and 6, with no more signs of labour.

miss.brittany · September 2014

My best friend was 4 cm for 3 weeks and her baby came 6 days past her EDD!

I was checked on my due date had not dilated at all. And my DD came 6 days late as well.

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