i was j.w how far down your cervix has to be to be complete..i dont knwo what im trying to say really lol.....like you have to be dilated to 10 before you can push baby out but how far down does ur cervix have to be??
2007-12-21 17:26:38 · 7 answers · asked by Jami 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
cuz you know how your dr says" well your still pretty high up" or somthing like that...for example..
2007-12-21 17:36:36 · update #1
Actually, the cervix DOES move. Your cervix naturally moves during your regular monthly cycles - for example, when you are ovulating, it is in a lower position than when you are not ovulating.
In a "typical" labor, the cervix will need to dilate (open up), efface (thin out), and move from the posterior ("high" or "back") position to the anterior ("low" or "front") position.
2007-12-21 17:52:31 · answer #1 · answered by dimples 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
your cervix has to be 100% effaced or 'thinned out' and dilated to 10cm to be able to push the baby out. Sometimes you can be totally effaced before labour starts, and sometimes it won't happen till during labour.
It kind of stretches or thins out to each side of the opening, s the head pushes down on it, it doesn't go down. Imagine if you stuck your fist in a bowl of jelly (jello?), the jelly would go up and around your fist not down. Does that make sense? It creates an opening for the baby.
Then once the baby is out the cervix starts to go back to the position it was in to begin with.
Hope that made sense to you.
2007-12-21 17:39:23 · answer #2 · answered by Cindy; mum to 3 monkeys! 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yep...it's not your cervix that moves up or down it's the baby. When the head is fully engaged then you have dropped enough to deliver. The cervix just thins and opens.
2007-12-21 17:39:45 · answer #3 · answered by Shiningami_Gurl 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The baby comes down onto the cervix - and pushes it open. ie dilating. . Your cervix doesnt actually move down as far as I know. .
2007-12-21 17:38:44 · answer #4 · answered by emo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If the doctor says "still pretty high up", he's most likely talking about the baby's head.
The cervix stays generally in the same position, but the baby drops lower and lower.
2007-12-21 17:39:05 · answer #5 · answered by ανєяу'ѕ мσмму 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He is talking about the baby coming down. The baby comes down on his or her own time. You dilate and efface (thin out) differently then everyone.
2007-12-21 18:32:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the baby comes down...not your cervix
2007-12-21 17:30:59 · answer #7 · answered by britbutt 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋