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Re: A Cervix That is so tough to dialate?From: Katherine (anonymous@obgyn.net)Mon, 7 Sep 1998 07:59:41 -0500 (CDT)
At Mon, 7 Sep 1998, Mrs wrote: > >I see people talking about incompetent cervixes, what about a cervix that >just dont dialate? When I go into labor my cervix takes forever and Ive >have 5 kids. One nurse asked if I did sports? I said yes I rode the >rodeo and took state in gymnastics, she told me that very sported people >have a hard time dialating from that? true? >I would like to know if there is anything I can do before labor to help >soften my cervix? > > Thanks I read recently (sorry, I can't remember where) that sporty women often have long difficult labours not because their muscles or their cervix is 'hard' and therefore resistant to dilating, but because as athletes they are used to being in full control of their bodies and their physical performance and consequently often fight the effect of the contractions and are unable to let their bodies really surrender to its instincts and to do its own thing, which, assuming the baby is in the correct position, the mother is healthy, etc. is what is required for a short, successful labour.
-- Katherine Davies
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