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At Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Sonnet wrote: >
>I am currently 38weeks 4days into a high-risk pregnancy complicated by
>several pre-existing maternal chronic illnesses as well as pregnancy
>related ones like gestational diabetes, anemia and PIH (fun fun!) I am
>scheduled to be induced in about 10 days just to make sure things are
>still OK with baby and she doesn't go overdue. However, we'd sure like
>labor to start before then if at all possible! At my OB appointment
>today they stripped my membranes. Now given that I know this doesn't
>work for everyone and not in every case, apparently it can sometimes
>speed things up a little.
>
>If you have had your mmebranes stripped, and it worked, how long did it
>take to start things going for you? Or if you are familiar with how the
>procedure works, what can I generally expect in the next few days?
>
>If it makes a difference I started off with a very favorable cervix, 80%
>and 2cm, but I've been walking around like that for a month :P
>
>Thank you!
>
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