I am 35 weeks 3 days and was told today that I am 1-2 cm and 50% effaced. It would be interesting to see if there is a correlation between dilating early and delivering early, or not.
With my 2nd pregnancy I was dilated to 5cm at 37 wks & didn't have him until 2 days before my due date! I'm getting checked this Friday at 36.2 & hope to be that far along already! (Fingers crossed!)
I was checked today (36 weeks) I was so relieved that nothing is happening yet! I have places to be the next few weeks, lol. With my last two pregnancies I was partly dilated and effaced for weeks before delivering.
Definitely no correlation. I was 4cm and 80% effaced and contracting regularly from 37 weeks on with #3 and she came the day before her due date. Honestly there's really no reason to be checked other than curiosity. I didn't get checked much with #1 or 2 but was curious with #3 and I liked knowing when I went into labor I was already 4cm so I only had 6 left to go lol helped me mentally prepare a bit and I had fast labors so I liked knowing once it did start how much progress I had actually made.
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