Re: POST: Stripping / sweeping membranes - what to expect?

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With my first child, my doctor stripped mine at 38 weeks, again at 38 1/2 weeks, and 39 weeks. I don't know if it's supposed to be a one time shot or not, and I've also been told by both my doctors that my cervix is really hard to reach, so perhaps that's why it didn't work well. Anyhow, I gave birth 3 days after the 3rd time, so I don't know what that means. Oh, and I gave birth by cesarean after failure to progress some 8 billion hours later (ok, only like 28, but it seemed like YEARS). Good luck! I've also heard of women who had theirs stripped and delivered that day.

At Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Sonnet wrote: >
>Thanks!
>
>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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