Is there any way (other than the usual internal exam) to tell if you are going through this? Last week (at 36 weeks) I was a cm dilated and starting to efface. I have had menstrual like cramps on and off and tons of pressure in that area, and am due for my next appt. My dr, though, doesn't check again til 39 weeks (I guess so as not to push you further into dilating). BUT I'd like to know if I'm moving on and how close I could be to delivering.
2006-12-12 04:48:48 · 3 answers · asked by kath_08012 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
you personally cannot tell with out the internal exam, but if your feeling pressure and cramping your body is getting ready to do the biggest job its ever had, birth.
by your next appt. (if you make it till then) you will have changed, and it will one step closer to having your baby.
good luck!
2006-12-12 04:56:45 · answer #1 · answered by kc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WHAT? your dialated already and your doctor doesnt check you at your visist?
Iam so sick of people putting up with crapassed doctors, thats the biggest bunch of bullpoop ive ever heard. You NEED to be checked at each visit once you start to dialted, and certainly after 36 weeks if you feel the need.
You need to INSIST that he checks you. He's not poking and proding the cervix, all he does is touch it to feel it. If its hard like the end of your nose, its not ripe at all. if its softer, like your ear lobe, then its ripening, and once it feels like the inside of your cheek its ripe and effaced.
Your doctor is an absolute fool. Honestly. That pisses the hell out of me. You could be father dialeted and effaced than they expect you to be, and not monitoring it does nothing for you. Most women go along being dialated and barely effaced for weeks and weeks, but it doesnt mean that that cant change.
How foolish. I would insist that he check you, and be serious about it. You PAY him for his SERVICE, and you're ENTITLED to any medical attention you need.
having cramps, pressure, contractions, and just being considered full term (yes, 36 weeks is considered full term, although you're not due until 40 weeks), is what causes you to move into labor.
Dumbass doctor.
2006-12-12 12:57:03 · answer #2 · answered by amosunknown 7 · 3⤊ 4⤋
there is no way to tell,its all down to hormones being released ,you could be 3 cm dilated but if that hormone isnt there nothing will happen
2006-12-12 12:59:04 · answer #3 · answered by dumplingmuffin 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋