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From: Kristy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 27 Oct 2001 22:50:20 -0500 (CDT)

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My doc said he's going to induce me at 38 weeks [I'm in my 35th week now] if my cervix is ripe. That's because I have contractions every two minutes and they hurt like the dickens. I can't even function. So far, cervix is closed and thick. When does a cervix start to "ripen" usually? Oh, one more question...I was told by an O.B. nurse that contractions which are only felt in the lower part of the uterus do not dilate the cervix at all. She said they have to be felt over the entire surface of the uterus. My entire uterus hardens, but I feel the pain in the lower part of my uterus because the baby is down in my bones. Anyway, is she right? If so, why does the cervix only respond to lower tightening? Love, Kristy B.

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