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Should I Wait for the Induction?

Read all 9 responses: "Hello all, I am now 40 weeks pregnant, and still this baby is not coming! I've been 1cm dilated and 50% effaced for the past 4 weeks!

Stripping the Membranes

I was dialated 2-3 cm and was 90-100% efaced. They wanted to do this because I lived an hour away and I was soooooo close to being in labor. ...

37 Weeks Pregnant with a Bad Case of Diarrhea

I was 3cm dilated and 75% effaced as well, so I too thought that I was having early signs of labor. I ended up being induced at 39 weeks per my request and ...

Alot Going on at 33 Weeks: Lost Mucus plug...decreeased Fetal Movement. Scared.

My 1st pregnancy I was 3.5cm dialated and 85% efaced for 1 month before my due date. I had 3 faulse labors, and I woke up in the middle of the night on the ...

Contractions Have Slowed Down

you may now be fully effaced and baby may be more engaged. .... I was dilated to a 7 1/2 and had my son an hour after arriving at the hospital. ...

Anyone Had Their Membranes Stripped to Induce Labor?

My daughter was born 2 days later and when my water broke, I was already 5 cm dilated and 100% effaced - so my labor only took 5 hours! ...

Extreme Pelvic Pain at 30 Weeks Pregnant?

I have asked my doctor about this because I had a bloody show 3 weeks ago, not dilated but 50% effaced, and on medicine to stop contractions. ...

When Did Labor Start After Stopping 17P And/or Procardia (Nifedipine)?

... I've only dilated to 1cm and 20% effaced. The shots will stop at 36 weeks and 4 days and the Procardia will stop somewhere around there too. ...

Induced Labor

In both cases, I had already dilated to 2 and 3cm and was mostly effaced. If your cervix isn't ready, induction is more likely to be more painful and more ...

Mucous Plug

I was 50% effaced and 1cm dilated the next day when I went into L&D. The resident did the FFN test and it was positive, but they didn't tell me that I ...

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amniotic fluid levels were low in 2 answers "It turned out that my amniotic fluid levels were low and I was induced the next morning."
especially with decreased fetal movement in 2 answers "... There is no such thing as crying wolf, especially with decreased fetal movement."
want you to go past your due date in 2 answers "Why does your doctor not want you to go past your due date?"
raspberry leaf tea in 3 answers "We tried everything--sex, walking, eating spicy food, raspberry leaf tea."
never be afraid to call your doctor in 2 answers "Never be afraid to call your Doctor. If I were you I would get in the car and go ..."

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