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- From: lauraf@classy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Laura Floom)
- Subject: Re: Effacing (?)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.220951.25322@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 22:09:51 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.202237.1292@tessi.com> allen@tessi.com (Allen Warren) writes:
- >reid@metis.tti.com (Reid Kneeland) writes:
- >
- >>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".
- >
- >Be careful about what you speak of concerning effacement and dilation.
- >You won't find many women walking around with 100% effacement who are
- >NOT going to be going into labor within the next 24-48 hours. A woman
- >can be at a certain percentage of effacement AND be a couple of centimeters
- >dilated at the same time, but if she is 100% effaced, there is an
- >excellent chance that she will kick into active labor within 24 hours,
- >if not sooner, since all that is left at this point is to dilate to
- >10 centimeters and push the little critter out. Remember that "effacement"
- >is a term used to denote the thinning out of the cervical wall.
-
- I dont think Allen is right about this. My Doctor told me I was 100% effaced,
- and I said "Neat, does that mean I will have the baby soon", he said "Nope,
- I think you will make your next appoinment (1 week later)". I did make it,
- and that time I was still 100% effaced, and 3cm dialated. It was the
- day before my due date. He said he still thought I would make it for my
- next appointment. Not quite, I gave birth 5 days later. I was 100% effaced for
- at least 12 days. My doctor didnt seem to think in meant much.
-
- Laura Floom
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- >
- >allen
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