Do you think being told how 'dilated' you are is beneficial?

[Jellymaker]

I dont want to be told when i go into labour. I think if i find out im only like 4cm or so ill feel really disheartned. Its kinda like when i was trying to lose weight before getting preggers, i would be really good for the week and the scales was my reward at the end of the week, if i jumped on the scales and hadn't lost anything or only a few grams, i would be like "what was all that hard work for then?" and want to eat a tub of icecream.
I wont ask for an internal and refuse if they try to do one unless the MW thinks something is wrong, but once i know they know, ill want to know too, you know? LOL (did you follow that?)

[Indadhanu]

Of course its helpful if you're progressing...

[gypsy79]

I'm the sort of person who wants to know details, so if someone did an IE I would want to know the result. With my DS I had one about half an hour after arriving at the hospital, to be told I was 5-6 cm. I was stoked! A couple of hours later, contractions were much worse and the MW said she thought I was progressing really well and would be ready to push soon. Ob came in and did another IE, only to tell me 5-6 cm. This time I was crushed and demanded an epidural, even though I hadn't wanted to have one.

So I'm another one who thinks they're great if you're progressing, but terrible if you're not.