I am about 38 weeks, and can walking a lot help the baby come faster?
2007-03-21 11:07:45 · 16 answers · asked by terrie_graves2004 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
How long is a piece of string?? You can be 1cm for weeks, even months on rarer occasions, or you can go from shut tight to 10cm in an hour.
Being 1cm dilated doesn't mean labor is necessarily imminent. But then again it may start tomorrow. It's impossible to tell.
Nothing will help the baby "come faster" if your body and your baby aren't ready for delivery.
Walking will help you a great deal once labor has actually started but if your are not laboring, don't overdo it.
Please try and be patient and don't self induce - give mother nature a chance if everything is otherwise going well. The best labors happen when your body is prepared.
2007-03-21 11:15:36 · answer #1 · answered by SydneyMum101 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a mother of two children...At 7 1/2 months I was 1cm dilated until I had my baby... I was also dilated to 2 1/2 cm for like 6 weeks with my second child.. also was beridden..Depending on your circumstances you can be dilated for quite a long time... How many months are you??
2007-03-21 11:45:06 · answer #2 · answered by On~Dee 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can walk around 1 cm dilated for months. Walking can help if you're ready to go into labor but I found it exhausting. Squatting works faster but it's tiring for the legs. You hold the squat leaning slightly over your belly and push down after the pressure builds a lot. Hip circles help open your pelvis to encourage the baby's head to engage. Best of luck.
2007-03-21 11:12:47 · answer #3 · answered by Miriam Z 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moms who have already had one baby are usually 1 cm from conception. They never close up as tightly as before.
You can walk around 1 cm for weeks.....months even.
How far dilated and effaced you are really means NOTHING unless you are in active labor. You can be closed up tight as a bank vault and have a baby later that same day. Or you can walk around for a week or more 3-4 cm dilated and 100% effaced (I did with #1).
2007-03-21 11:26:26 · answer #4 · answered by momma2mingbu 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I went into labor with my son, I was 1cm for about an hour. They came back and checked me and i was already 4cm dialated. But, It depends on the person. Labor is definitely unpredictable. I heard walking and lifting heavy objects helps you go into labor faster, I did it anyway but I dont really know if it actually helped.
2007-03-21 11:12:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For a very long time. My aunt was at 1 cm for almost a month. I was at 2 cm for about 2 weeks. Walking might help, but 2 weeks really isnt that long from now.
2007-03-21 11:13:06 · answer #6 · answered by LP's Mommy, RN 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can be dialated upto 3cm for weeks. Walking can help but normally only after early labor signs appear. If this isnt ur first pregnancy dialation goes faster and walking helps alot before labor and can induce labor. Good luck on a safe delivery.
2007-03-21 11:13:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was dilated 1cm for 4 weeks some are longer.
2007-03-21 11:48:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can be 1cm the whole pregnancy, try having sex, keep walking a lot, this is the hardest time, sorry for you but it's almost over, congrats
mom to 5
2007-03-21 11:11:11 · answer #9 · answered by melissa s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can be dilated to a 1 for a long time..........been thru it 4 times with the wife.
2007-03-21 11:10:25 · answer #10 · answered by Scotty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋