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Re: Cervical dilation--can it regress???

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Mon, 19 Jul 1999 14:58:15 -0500 (CDT)

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At Sun, 18 Jul 1999, Sarah wrote: >
>Two weeks ago(at 38 weeks) a midwife did an exam and said I was thinning
>and about 1cm, last week a different midwife said I was 3 cm, 50%
>effaced and -1 station. This week yet another midwife told me my cervix
>was long tight and closed--at 40 weeks. Is this even possible--that is
>to close back up? I normally have spotting after internals and this time
>I didn't--is it possible she didn't even look???
>Thankyou for any advice/info.

This is probably just the difference in examiners, though the variation is pretty high, enough to make me wonder. The cervix can vary slightly from exam to exam, especially is you are having contractions, but that is just a difference based on the pressure that the head is applying at any given moment.

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William D. McIntosh, MD

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