WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for January, 1998: Re: 40 WKS PG WITH NO PROGRESS

Re: 40 WKS PG WITH NO PROGRESS

From: Barbara (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 14 Jan 1998 18:58:32 -0600 (CST)

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Dear Amanda,

As the Mom of four grown children with three of the four in the I Don't Want To Come Out, catagory you have brought back many memories of those last extra days. Each one is like a week because we have planned the day and now it hasn't happened!

Forty Weeks is the average, the Normal, The what Most people do,,, Just That! Now to you and your little one about to be born, he/she is not quite ready yet.. Maybe another week more or less and I think the big day will be here for you both.

I don't beleive there is any problem except the baby isn't ready. Sometimes a little Pitocin works wonders for the slow ones. Don't panic it's Norna!

I was induced with three of my babes and had a relatively easy birthing experience.

Most ob's have a certain number of weeks that they wil "wait it out" and then set the time and have you go into the hospital. Usually two weeks past the 40 weks as after that time the baby has exhusted it's food supply and starts to loose weight.

Hang in there and keep us posted on what happens.

Barbara

At Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Amanda wrote: >
>I am 40 wks pregnant and am not having any regular contractions (and
>yes, my date appears to be accurate, my fundal height is measuring a
>hefty 40). At my last prenatal apt yesterday my OB said that my cervix
>is only 80% effaced and had not started to dilate. He also said that a
>thin membrane was still covering the cervix and that this could be scar
>tissue from a LEEP procedure I had done almost 2 years ago. My OB has
>tried to strip the membranes twice and will try again tomorrow. What,
>if any, are my options? Will I be required to have a C-section? Will
>induction of labor (pitocin) do any good?

--
Barbara Nesbitt
Editor, Women's Health at OBGYN.net

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