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Re: 36 weeks and 2 cm, opinions please!!

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 13 Oct 2001 13:37:53 -0500 (CDT)

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In reply to: Jenny: "36 weeks and 2 cm, opinions please!!"

At Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Jenny wrote: >
>I am 36 weeks and 3 days. I went to OB and I am 2 cm and the baby is
>already very low, probably at 0 station. This is my second baby. Doctor
>said that she doubted I would go to term. With this news, based on
>experiences, how long do you think it will be until I go into labor and
>when I do go into labor is there a chance that it will be a fast labor?
>I am just very anxious to here what others might think. Do I at least
>have a couple of weeks left?
>Thanks, jenny

impossible to predict when your'll go into labor -- you couls walk around like this for weeks, or you could have delivered already. And though intuitively if you're already dialted and the head is low it would seem that labor would be easier/shorter, that is not always true

-- M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG South Lake Tahoe, CA

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