2006-12-11 10:06:06 · 6 answers · asked by di s 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Minus 2 (-2) doesn't have anything to do with dilation. It has to do with the baby's positioning in your pelvis. -2 is a station of engagement.
The concept of "station" denotes the degree of engagement of the fetal head as it navigates the maternal pelvis. Station is the relationship of the presentng part to an imaginary line drawn between the ischial spines of the pelvis. The ischial spines are two bony prominences that demarcate the middle of the pelvis.
Although we assess station during the last weeks of prenatal care (or in the case of preterm labor), its most frequent application is in labor. Progress in labor is assessed by means of several parameters, namely cervical consistency (soft to firm), cervical effacement (shortening), cervical position (posterior, anterior, or mid), cervical dilatation (0 to 10 cm) and station (-4 which is just coming into the pelvis to +4 station which is on the perineum or ready to be born). When the top of the fetal head (or other presenting part as in a breech presentation), arrives at the level of the ischial spines, the baby is said to be at 0 station or "engaged.”
Primigravidas (women having their first baby) typically engage before labor and may enter labor at -1, 0 or even +1 station.
Multigravidas (women having their second or greater baby) often engage during labor.
2006-12-11 10:10:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
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What does minus two mean on a cervical dialation mean?
2015-08-19 01:12:21 · answer #2 · answered by Whitney 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it isnt cervical dialation it is the station of your baby's head in the birth canal (hoe far up or down it may be) it starts at -3 being the highest up and then goes -2 where you are at -1, 0, +1, +2, +3 being the final station when your baby is about to crown. so if you are -2 then your baby's head is still pretty high up there but it is starting the descent down through!
2006-12-11 10:12:32 · answer #3 · answered by dnea63 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-19 03:00:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
-2 has nothing to do with dilation there only 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 is what has to do with dilation
2006-12-11 10:14:24 · answer #5 · answered by jennifertrinitysky 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
minus 2 is not an option for dilation - it means that the baby is in station -2, or about 2cm above your pelvic bone. zero or engaged is even with it and beyond that are the plus numbers
2006-12-11 10:09:05 · answer #6 · answered by srog98 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The two above are completely correct it has to do with station (ie baby dropping into pelvis) not dilation.
2006-12-11 10:12:43 · answer #7 · answered by Wicked Good 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
-2 means that the baby is not moving down the birth canal yet and is still pretty high.
2006-12-11 10:11:49 · answer #8 · answered by kristin h 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋