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Hi ladies- well im 40 weeks TODAY and soooo ready to have this baby. Just had doc app and he did a "stretch and sweep", Babys head is fully engaged (he said he could feel it- eeekk) and he said im about 2-2.5cm dilated...
Have had a little light pink bleeding but nothing much (only had appointment 1 hr ago and already im on here lol)
Can anyone tell me their experiences with stretch and sweeps and how successful they were for you?
x
I had a baby three days later ;) but I doubt it was the s&s ... ;)
Love MN ;-)
oooo how exciting, your little one will be here soon!
I'm not sure my first S&S did anything to be honest, I had the same 'stats' as you and made it to my 41wk aapointment! the pink bleeding is normal as your cervix has been aggravated :)
My second S&S however, 4 hours later and I was in 'noticeable' labour- i say 'noticeable' as I'd been having contractions for a week.... but they definitely amped up a notch!!! I remember losing my plug before everything started though, so that might be your next sign.
Best of luck, look forward to seeing your BA soon!
With DS2 the midwife did a stretch and sweep to ramp up the contractions and i was only 3cm at the time and 3.5 hours later i was holding my baby :D
I had one at 40 I think, same stats as you (I'd been 2cm dilated since before Christmas, had bub 18th of Jan) and ended up being induced at 41+3 :redface:
I had a fantastic, natural, no tearing, drug free induction tho! XD
I had 2 or 3 S&S with DS when I was post dates. The midwife said that if it was going to work then I would be in labour in 24 hours. It was the last that worked for me - I went into labour about 20 hours later. I think a S&S is only effective if you are pretty close ready to pop anyway. DS was 12 days over.
Ive had sweeps done with all 3 of my pregnancies and they never sent me into labour. I was induced with each one.
I had 2 done with DD2 and unfortunately ended up being induced. They definitely upped the amount of CM and pre labour but not enough obviously.
How are you feeling now?
Had one with DD - she was born 2 days later.
ive had 3 S&S's FIrst one never did much ended up being induced.
2nd one i lost my plug and my waters broke but never went into labour or any contractions, ended up induced 17hrs later
3rd one, i was already contracting, but was everywhere, and nearly got in duced but she came on her own after breaking my 2nd waters. and that was 6 hrs later
GL babe, everyone is different and sometimes that little push start is all you need :) GL!! cant wait to hear your BA!! :)
I had one at 36+3 weeks as I was 2cm dilated and they wanted to induce due to pre-eclampsia. It did assist with losing the mucous plug and amped up the pre-labour, but 3 days later I was induced via AROM and I had dilated a half centimetre I think. Good luck hun, it wont be long now even though each day feels like a week ;)
I had two with my DS. The first at 41+3, and the second at 41+5. I was already 4 cms dilated. They didn't do a whole lot for me except some cramping. Had DS at 41+6 after 2.5 hour labour.
I had one with #3, woke up the next morning in labour, she was born 49hrs later.
Had one with #6, did nothing but made me lose my plug.
Had one with #7, had LOTS of regular contractions that day and intermittent strong ones over the next week, also had lots of increased mucous and lost my plug. Ended up being induced 8 days later but when i had the sweep done my cervix was long and closed, when i was induced i was 3cm, stretching to 6cm. So it did something over the course of that week.