After a stretch and sweep how long till u went into labour?

[Anila]

Hidy ho bellyrinos

Ok so i know its been asked before, but we have a few new members now, so i thought i shall ask again.

So im 39 weeks 2 days today, and was offered an internal to see how i am progressing, and also a stretch and sweep, if the conditions were right, of course i happily accepted

As soon as the lovely dr went in, i knew my cervix must have been soft as her hand slid in nicely, and it wasnt at all uncomfortable, she said she gave it a good sweep, and i was already 1cm, and she moved me to 1.5cm.

Ive had a bit of day one af type bleeding, mostly when i wipe, not alot on the pad, i know thats from the cervix being played with, and its getting lighter as the day goes on, so not at all worried.

I also know u can be 1cm for weeks with nothing happening and since this is baby number 6, i could have been at 1cm for ages.

I also know that not all stretch and sweeps work, just keeping my fingers crossed that this one does

Ive had a few cramps, and a braxton, i feel quite relaxed, but at this stage besides feeling like af is on her way, im still playing the labour waiting game.

So to the big questions, how long after a stretch and sweep did you go into labour, how many cm dialted were you when u had it done? Did you bleed and how long for?

Thanks in advance

[RhiChiChi]

I went into pre-labour that night.... but not much happened apart from pains & a bit of contractions. I was like only 1 or 2cms and I don't remember bleeding

[Anila]

Thanks RhiChiChi and Junglemum

I also wanted to ask as well, what people did after there s&s, that may or may not have helped labour start straight away, or days later, like walking around, or lying down etc??

[BrightSparkles]

DD1 - about 7 hours - i was in hossy so slept
DD2 - about 24 hours - walked, bath, shower, rocking

[Anila]

Thanks so much for the reply

So far no real braxtons, ive had the odd one, and had a few odd cramps since i had it at 11am today, but nothing since.
Was hoping she could stretch me further, but either i wasnt ready or she didnt want to, i dont know.

Bubs head was a little bit engaged, she didnt say how far, just said a little bit.

Still having very very light bleeding, but only when i wipe, however i did notice something floating in the toliet bowl, so i did what any sane person would do, i fished it out lol
It was blood red, and looked more fleshy like, than mucus plug, so im not quite sure what it was, maybe a clot, but was kinda different lol

Baby is still moving nicely too.

[~me~]

The S & S didn't work for me. I was 10days over and already 2cm and it still didn't work. I bled a little, enough to have to put a liner on.
I have a very stubborn cervix
I did all things like walk and be active, rock on a fit ball.

GL, I hope it get's things started for you soon!

[Junglemum]

I had a bit of a show after, no bleeding, was 1cm and went into labour a week later....