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- From: reid@metis.tti.com (Reid Kneeland)
- Subject: Re: Effacing (?)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.184548.22623@ttinews.tti.com>
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- References: <1992Dec16.223805.27394@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:45:48 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec16.223805.27394@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> jschwarz@lonestar.utsa.edu (Jan A. Schwarz) writes:
- >Hi. My daughter went to the doctor today. She is 36 weeks. He told
- >her that she is 40% effaced (this has been just since last Thursday).
- >
- >Any thoughts as to how long it may be before she has this darling
- >baby girl? I knew nothing about effacing when I had my two (years
- >ago).
-
- It's impossible to tell. Engagement, effacement, and even dilation are
- not accurate predictors of when labor will begin. Some women walk
- around effaced and dilated for days or even weeks before real labor
- starts. Others do all their effacement and dilation in three hours of
- labor. The best you can say is "sometime in the next month, probably".
-
- Of course, if you solicit enough guesses, SOMEONE will be right!
-
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