PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for July, 2001: Re: any suggestions to help get labor going/ripen cervix?

Re: any suggestions to help get labor going/ripen cervix?

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 25 Jul 2001 22:28:47 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Taye wrote: >
>HI,
>I'm 35 weeks and 4 days pregnant with my second child. My doctor appt
>today went good - baby is head down, but there is no change in my cervix
>yet - still closed,long & thick and up high too. Is it normal with
>subsequent pregnancies to have no cervical changes going on yet? My
>first baby was 3 weeks early, so I thought this one would be early too.
>I was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions to help ripen up the
>cervix and to get labor going? I love being pregnant... just want to
>give Mother Nature a kick start if possible.
>Thanks a bunch:)

Mother Nature does just fine on her own. There is nothing wrong with your cervical exam at 35 4/7 and certainly no reason to hasten the process... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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