Re: Chorioamnionitis: Question In response to Dr. Richard Chudacoff

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I routinely exam the cervix at 40 weeks gestational age (at term), unless the situation dictates the need for an earlier exam, ie. labor, rupture of membranes, bleeding ( in absence of placenta previa and after speculum exam) or evaluation for need to deliver prior to onset of spontaneous labor.

My partner starts at 38 weeks. His preference. My wife's first OB examed the cervix at every visit (he was 65 yo at the time) but her subsequent OB did the same as I (well, after all he trained me ;-) )

Again, no hard and fast rule or data suggesting one or the other is better in a normal, routine pregnancy.

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Richard Chudacoff, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
BaylorMedCare
Houston/Sugar Land, TX

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