My doctor checked me to see if my cervix was dialated and i was 2 cm. What im wondering is if he checked me can that make me dialate more. I am 37 weeks.
2007-06-01 10:44:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
While getting the exam may cause you to have a few cramps, it will not be enough to make you dilate any more.
I always hate those exams!
2007-06-01 10:48:59 · answer #1 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the dr checking cannot dialate you more.
Dialation comes from the pressure on the baby's side of the cervix.
2007-06-01 10:50:14 · answer #2 · answered by tipperwell 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The doctor checking your cervix should not make it dialate more . But I am a firm believer that if the doctor strips your membranes it helps you to dialate.
2007-06-01 11:38:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The doctor checking you won't affect how dilated you are. Are you asking because you want to dilate (relax, the baby will be born when it and you are ready), or because you're worried that you're dilating? Being a couple cm dilated at this point is totally normal - you could be dilated like that for another five weeks before you go into labour, or you could go into labour tonight.
2007-06-01 10:49:07 · answer #4 · answered by melanie 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, that's kind of like saying that if I pull on my arm muscle it will get bigger. The uterus is a muscle. You can't stretch it once and it stay like that. It can, however, with him messing around in there, cause your mucus plug to start coming out and help the effacement process. But it won't make you dilate more and stay that way.
2007-06-01 15:08:29 · answer #5 · answered by thezookeeper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats such a good question... im not sure about that one i never really thought about it either! But i myself thinking about my pass experience NO it cannot make you dialate more! Good Luck Congrats
2007-06-01 10:47:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You won't dilate more as a result of a doctor checking you.
2007-06-01 10:46:44 · answer #7 · answered by oslomodo1 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i dont think it will change you that much.they just check to see how far your cervex is opened preparing for labor.i was 1 cm at 7mnths .my son was two wks early
2007-06-01 11:00:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
an internal examation can certainly make labour progess, as it stimulates the hormones.
2007-06-02 10:58:10 · answer #9 · answered by julieh88 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋