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Re: 1 cm Dilation - How long until baby comes?
From: marcia (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 26 Jun 2003 23:37:39 -0500 (CDT)
I was like that for 2 months before baby came.... We finally evicted
him one week after his due date...
At Thu, 26 Jun 2003, B wrote:
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>Your dr is right to give a wide time frame. With my 1st pg I was
>dilated 1 cm & almost 50% effaced 4 weeks before my due date. My baby
>wasn't born until 2 1/2 weeks after my DUE DATE. So ... I was dilated
>1 cm at least 6 1/2 weeks before he was born!!!
>
>I didn't allow the dr to check me internally with my 2nd & 3rd
>pregnancies since it didn't really seem to matter to me how far along I
>was & to reduce the chance of infection & I won't allow it this time
>either.
>
>--
>But the point is that you really can't tell when you're going to go into
>labor when you're told you're 1 cm dilated.
>
>At Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Nina wrote:
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>>I am curious to know how long it typically takes a baby to arrive from
>>the time someone is told they are dilated 1 cm and "starting to thin"?
>>
>>Just got back from the doc and we were offerred a VERY wide time frame
>>and are on pins and needles now, being told to just "be on alert."
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>>Can someone please narrow down this time frame for us or at least give
>>us some ideas from their professional experience.
>>
>>Thanks.
>
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