http://fertilityties.com/post/tags/effacement Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:08:48 -0500 http://www.fertilityties.com/images/fertilityties_ico.png http://fertilityties.com/post/tags/effacement en-us effacement <div>hey ladies. wondered if anyone knew, what is a more clear indication you can go into labor at any time, effacement or dilation?<br/><br/>i know you have to be fully effaced and dilated to deliver, but i wondered if the ladies who've recently given birth can shed light on this. <br/><br/></div> <p><a href="/profile/oliver12" title="oliver12"><img alt="36wks5days_2" src="/profile/image/2090/thumb/36wks5days_2.jpg?1224851492" /></a><br /> <a href="/profile/oliver12">oliver12</a> </p> Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:08:48 -0500 effacement dilation http://www.fertilityties.com/post/show/effacement-or-dilation http://www.fertilityties.com/post/show/effacement-or-dilation <div>Hello - I am currently 35 weeks and very anxious to deliver my baby girl...<br/><br/>Just wondering, when you begin dialating and such, can you tell? I know nothing is happening yet because I had an appointment yesterday - I just wonder if when it does start happening, will I know?</div> <p><a href="/profile/erink508" title="erink508"><img alt="Ourfamily" src="/profile/image/333/thumb/ourfamily.jpg?1228752606" /></a><br /> <a href="/profile/erink508">erink508</a> </p> Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:15:23 -0500 dialation effacement http://www.fertilityties.com/post/show/question-about-dialation-effacement-for-mothers http://www.fertilityties.com/post/show/question-about-dialation-effacement-for-mothers <div>I just had my 38-week prenatal appt. this morning and I was told that I'm only 1 cm and 25% effaced????? Last week, I was 2 cm and 50% effaced, then at the hospital, I was 3 cm and 50% effaced. Then this morning, I went from 3 cm to 1 cm and 25% effaced??? How could that happen? <br/><br/>Before anything else, there are two different doctors who see me from that clinic, and it was a different doctor who checked me last week. When she told me that I'm only 1 cm and 25% effaced, I asked he how that could be since I have been consistently 2-3 cm and 50% effaced...she said, there's no way I could be 50% effaced because my cervix still felt very thick. I was also annoyed when I asked her about having a membrane sweep possibly around 39 weeks if I wouldn't go on labor this week...she said she doesn't do that and that she will only induce at 42 weeks. The other doctor told me a total different thing. The other doctor said she can perform a membrane sweep at around 39 weeks. I also told her about my strong and painful contractions and she was just very passive about it and told me that some women just experience more painful pre-labor contractions and some of them tend to experience harder labor than normal. <br/><br/>I understand that different doctors have different opinions, but can their opinions really differ that much? I am so scared that I won't dilate until 42 weeks...the baby might be too big by then! I am just disappointed... :-(</div> <p><a href="/profile/lexie123" title="lexie123"><img alt="015" src="/profile/image/93/thumb/015.jpg?1215812902" /></a><br /> <a href="/profile/lexie123">lexie123</a> </p> Thu, 08 May 2008 09:39:09 -0500 change cervical dilation effacement http://www.fertilityties.com/post/show/dr-q-i-m-confused http://www.fertilityties.com/post/show/dr-q-i-m-confused