1 cm dilated woohoo! anyone else?

JCM285 · November 2014

I just found out today from my obgyn that I am 1 cm dilated. I asked him what that meant and he said basically baby can come any day now but it doesn't mean he will arrive sooner or later. Apparently I could be walking around 1 cm dilated for a week. My due date is two weeks from tomorrow. Has anyone else found out you were dilated and if so, how long has it taken to progress? I know it won't apply to me since everyone is different. I was just curious how many Dec mamas are getting to that point.

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CandaceC1020 · November 2014

Dilating means nothing. You can walk around for weeks at 1 cm and not progress or you can walk around for weeks at 0 and then go to 10 in a matter of no time.

<--- Haven't had a cervical check and will not have one. I don't want to become fixated on a number that means nothing. I'll let my body tell me when it's ready for the baby.

chicorojo · November 2014

I was 2.5cm and 80% effaced 2 weeks ago. I haven't been checked since, but there are no signs of anything progressing.

emp156 · November 2014

i'm 35 weeks. have been 1cm since week 33. means little, from what i hear.

hopefully for you it means things will begin to progress! i'm clearly just looking for baby to keep cooking comfortably a few more weeks

megbmeg · November 2014

Was 1 cm dilated and 60% effaced at 37 wks. We'll see what the word is tomorrow at 38. I know it doesn't tell me anything, but I found it encouraging to hear there was something happening.

Eora3 · November 2014

My friend walked around at 4cm dilated for over a month. I am glad you are getting excited but don't read too much into it.

nwsnowbunny · November 2014

Got checked at my apt today cause I have lots of night contractions.

2cm and 60% at 36+3 weeks.

You could stay that way forever though, so I'm not too excited.

JCM285 · November 2014

@chicorojo‌ I am glad you brought up effacement. Which is more significant, effacement or dilation? I tried looking it up but all I find is that one affects the other.

JRod13 · November 2014

2 and 70%. My sister walked around for several weeks at 4 and 80%. Don't get too excited.

megbmeg · November 2014

JCM285 said:
@chicorojo‌ I am glad you brought up effacement. Which is more significant, effacement or dilation? I tried looking it up but all I find is that one affects the other.

I read in Expecting Better (I think) that effacement was generally more correlated with going into labor than dilation. But I think it's still hit or miss.

JCM285 · November 2014

I have heard of a ton of people being "paused" at 3-4 cm actually. Many of my friends with kids have told me they were at that point for a while. I only have two-three weeks to go thankfully.

JCM285 · November 2014

Thanks @megbmeg‌. That's good to know.

kelsz12 · November 2014

One of my friends went from 2 to 10 within an hour with her third kiddo. I get checked on Wednesday but am holding out for the contractions/water breaking part to happen before I'll believe I'm in labor...

soulcupcake · November 2014

At my appt last Thursday, 3 cm/70%/0 station. I had an awesome bout of prodromal/latent labor Friday night, which got me to 5 cm/80%. I knew the contractions were doing something. But this is typical for me. Still waiting for active labor to kick in.

Sweetsix06 · November 2014

Dialated 1 cm since 28 weeks, probably more now, but refusing to get checked until labor starts. I'm 37 weeks now...so yeah, means nothing.

aggiejenn37 · November 2014

3cm and 80% for the past 3 weeks. Soooo yeah, doesn't necessarily mean much. Dr swore she was coming early but I'm 39+3 tomorrow and no signs she's coming.

Shortstack06 · November 2014

JCM285 said:

I just found out today from my obgyn that I am 1 cm dilated. I asked him what that meant and he said basically baby can come any day now but it doesn't mean he will arrive sooner or later. Apparently I could be walking around 1 cm dilated for a week. My due date is two weeks from tomorrow. Has anyone else found out you were dilated and if so, how long has it taken to progress? I know it won't apply to me since everyone is different. I was just curious how many Dec mamas are getting to that point.

Cconway7 · November 2014

I'm choosing not to get checked until I'm overdue because you can walk around for weeks being dilated. I'm just going to let things happen as they come.

mommyinmaking · November 2014

Almost wish I never got checked, because now that we started I'm obsessing over these numbers that don't mean anything!

36 weeks: 0cm 60% -3 station
37 weeks: 0cm 60% -2 station
38 weeks: .5cm 60% -2 station

It feels like it's going slow, but I keep reminding myself these things mean nothing and it can stay the same for weeks or it can change in a matter of minutes.. And now I'm a monster obsessed with numbers lol

LinziLoo09 · November 2014

My midwife won't look in my vag yet. I'll bring her a bottle of wine on Wednesday to see if I can coerce her some. This thread feels like a challenge, so I'll work on dilating my lady parts in the mean time <closes eyes really tight and thinks "open" thoughts>

ginger514 · November 2014

1cm since 31 weeks. I won't be excited til I'm all the way.

Shortstack06 · November 2014

metaphysique said:

At my appt last Thursday, 3 cm/70%/0 station. I had an awesome bout of prodromal/latent labor Friday night, which got me to 5 cm/80%. I knew the contractions were doing something. But this is typical for me. Still waiting for active labor to kick in.

I feel like I know more about your vagina/labors than my own.

jdionne · November 2014

1.5cm dilated at 36 weeks

amyhowellOD · November 2014

I am 36weeks and have spent all day in L&D contracting every 2/3 minutes. I dilated to 4cm and stalled out. I was sent home contracting! They are super tight and mild/moderately painful. I am laying on a heating pad right now. Technically I don't want labor to happen so I am trying to rest, but I don't want to deliver in my car either. The waiting game is so confusing! I was told to return if my water broke or if I was doubled over in pain. So basically, I have learned that dilation numbers mean absolutely nothing! It is all about progression over time.

feeshah · November 2014

It's kinda funny if you think about it. Waiting for a hole inside of a hole to open up enough to push a baby out...
I'm curious to know where I'm at even though it may not mean much. Probably will find out at my next appointment.

ashleykadlec · November 2014

36 weeks and 2 cm, 40% effaced and fully engaged - this was as of last Thursday and this is my second baby. Interested to see where I'm at on Wednesday. Never went into labor with DD, had a scheduled c section but I was 2 cm for 2 weeks and nothing ever happened. Allllll day today I swear I can feel dilation or effacement happening, very strange feeling. Super uncomfortable that she's fully engaged too, everything feels so bruised. Whatever baby girl wants will happen!

ashleykadlec · November 2014

@SLC1102 yes, "rly." obviously i'm not doctor, it could be anything - but based off of what I feel, i'm assuming thats what it is.

nolanova85 · November 2014

I haven't had a check yet. My practice typically starts them at 39 weeks, unless requested earlier (or I could certainly decline even at 39). Half of me logically knows they mean nothing and that it might not be worth the discomfort, but the other half of me is dying of curiosity, so I may request a check at my 38 weeks appt on Wednesday.

momtoE25 · November 2014

With DS1 I was at 2cm for 3 weeks and then was induced and hadn't changed up to that point. With DS2 I was 2 cm (36 weeks)and then 5 days later was at a 4 and ended up having him that night.
Dilation means nothing in terms of when labor will start. It's exciting to hear that you are progressing, but can be misleading and get you more excited for something that could take a while to happen.

Eora3 · November 2014

My cervix is a deceptive bitch. I got to 9.5 cm with my first and still had to have a c-section because my son had been pushing so hard from the inside I was actually swelling closed. Not cool cervix, not cool.

desertsun · November 2014

I was 2-3 cm and 80-90% with my first for weeks before I was induced and then ended up with a c-section.

I'm sure my doc will offer to check when she does my GBS swab next week, and I will accept. I know that it means diddly, but I still like to know where I'm at.

Eora3 · November 2014

MissChristineMarie said:
How does one FEEL it without actually doing an internal exam on themselves???

When it was happening to me during labor, I could definitely tell something was going on. Lightening crotch on steriods and sharp stabby cramping in the vag (very different from the contractions). It was all very clearly happening in the vag so for me it was pretty obvious. I didn't know how dilated or anything I was, but I sure know my cervix was opening.

ashleykadlec · November 2014

@MissChristineMarie‌ @misskilljoy‌ I obviously can't say for sure if what I'm feeling is my cervix opening, I've been dealing with contractions all week and have been plenty of comfortable with normal aches and pains but today I have been feeling like a burning/stretching/cramping feeling very unlike anything I've felt before. Like I said earlier I already know she's fully engaged, 40% effaced and 2 cm dilated so I know she's making progress, I guess I'll find out Wednesday at my appt. or sooner if something happens.

ColeyCannoli · November 2014

I went from 0 to 1cm in a week. At this rate, I'm expecting a baby to fall out of me sometime around February.

acac104 · November 2014

I was 3.5cm dilated and 90% effaced the day before I went into labor.

leoandethansmom · November 2014

I was 10cm at noon today.

sarahlynne30 · November 2014

I'm 37 weeks today and my Dr told me I was a finger tip dialated a few days ago.. I guess you can be like that for a while! Can't wait for things to get moving

LinziLoo09 · November 2014

@misskilljoy - Good call. I'll ask DH to stick a hand or two up there later to "measure" me. Where's that old OP who had her SO do it for her? I want detailed instructions!

gdaniels77 · November 2014

A week ago at 37 weeks I was 1 cm and 50% effaced, and the OB told me to "Keep an eye out and your phone close, could be any day now!" Which I thought was pretty silly to say since I know it doesn't necessarily mean much.
This weekend I was having what felt like constant lightning crotch, so I was curious if that was any sign of further dilating (though I'm not afraid to admit I have no earthly idea what I'm talking about). So today at my 38 wk appointment, guess where I am? 1 cm and 50%. Things are really moving along, huh doc?

diz1313 · November 2014

No idea here either. No one has been looking in there since the last time my MFM did at 32w.... at 36w now and am perfectly happy not having things messed with in there.

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