Labour after s & s???

[skyelar]

Just wondering if anyone has gone into labour after having a stretch & sweep done?

My Ob is going to do one on Monday & I am interested to hear if anyone has gone into labour shortly after....

Thanks

[Fi]

I was actually in labour when I had one done. I had just had an internal to check if I had started dilating or if I needed a second dose of gel.
I was 2cm,so she did the s&s and things hit me very hard, very quickly straight away. I went from having sore contractions about 5-8mins apart to about every 2-3mins and I couldn't stand up straight. This seriously was instaneous!
Good luck - I hope it has the response you are after

[skyelar]

Thanks girls!! Fingers crossed for a nice labour!!!

[kristi14]

Hi,

Im not sure what my OB did up there but he checked me to see if my cervix was favourable for an induction 5 days later, i went home and woke up 4am the next morning with contractions 15 mins apart. That lasted all day, then at about 6pm they went to 5 mins apart. We took DS over to MIL in case we needed to go to the hospital and when i got out of the car they hit me at 2 mins apart, this would have been about 8pm. So we went straight from there to the hospital and i had my baby about 7 hrs later.

Im not sure if he did a stretch and sweep or not but it put me into labour anyway.

Good luck with the birth.

[skyelar]

Thanks Kristi sounds like it to me! Hopefully my labour progresses the same way!

[BellyBelly]

They are usually quite effective, I think around 48 hours is a magic number for it... it can cause some practise contractions and a little bleeding but they are quite effective

[Liz]

Ooh all the best Lea! Wow I can't believe it's time for your bubba to arrive! Hope it all goes smoothly Say hi to JP from us BellyBelly girls! LOL.

[Lea13]

LOL I must be the exception. I had one when I was in early labour and was 2cm dialated and it did nothing!! But then when I was induced the gels did nothing for me either!!

[Renee Elizabeth]

Me too Lea - The gel & the stretch and sweep did not a lot for me. It was when they broke my waters that really got the ball rolling.

[~Raven~]

At 8 days overdue I had one at 2pm and by 5pm my contractions started getting stronger. Caleb was born at 11:02pm that night. Not sure if it would have happened anyway though