How much of a change in dialation can I expect if my doc stretched my cervix on Tuesday?
Posted by admin on Nov 30, 2009
I am 38 weeks today and my bloodpressure is elevated. My doc wants me to hopefully go into labor before my bloodpressure gets any worse and we have to medically induce!
Any natural remedies that you know of that work? Serious answers only . . . remember, it’s not that I’m tired of being pregnant, but my health may be in danger due to my bloodpressure!
Thanks in advance!
You may or may not dilate due to the "stretching". It was mildly effective with #1 for me (I think I gained 1cm 5 days, but did not progress beyond that), and not at all with #2. And who’s to say with #1 whether it was just nature or the doc… I don’t know.
Try drinking castor oil. Some say this helps. I was always too scared to. Have sex. Something in semen can bring on contractions. Walk. A LOT.
I just found a site too:
http://www.drspock.com/article/0,1510,5329,00.html
I haven’t read it but at first glance it seems good – it is Dr. Spock after all.
And my BP was high with #1, and it didn’t skyrocket for three weeks (until AFTER I gave birth, imagine that), so there is hope, so I wouldn’t totally panic or anything. I am sure your OB told you what to watch for (rapid onset swelling or weight gain, pain in the upper right side of your abdomen, extreme headache that won’t go away, vision trouble) in the event your BP starts to reach the "uh-oh" zone.
Also, know your doc wouldn’t have sent you home if he was really worried at this point. Usually with Pre-E, you would spill protein into your urine also, and I know they usually do a dip at every visit.
Good luck! I know from experience inductions are no fun. 
Oh I know what you mean!
With my 1st baby I was Toxic, so he wanted me in right away. and by streaching my cervix, it just brought on really strong contractions, but no dialition, so I had to be induced, and that was so hard, but 24 hours later he was born!
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Same here! I’m 38 weeks and went to the hospital twice this week with high blood pressure. The doctor stretched my cervix, I was only 1 cm dialated and 80% effaced. The stretching was done on Tuesday and here I am still only 1 cm dialated. I was hoping I would be more since I was checked yesterday (Friday) and it had been a few days since the stretching, but I remain unchanged.
Good Luck!!!
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38 weeks with the same problem
You may or may not dilate due to the "stretching". It was mildly effective with #1 for me (I think I gained 1cm 5 days, but did not progress beyond that), and not at all with #2. And who’s to say with #1 whether it was just nature or the doc… I don’t know.
Try drinking castor oil. Some say this helps. I was always too scared to. Have sex. Something in semen can bring on contractions. Walk. A LOT.
I just found a site too:
http://www.drspock.com/article/0,1510,5329,00.html
I haven’t read it but at first glance it seems good – it is Dr. Spock after all.
And my BP was high with #1, and it didn’t skyrocket for three weeks (until AFTER I gave birth, imagine that), so there is hope, so I wouldn’t totally panic or anything. I am sure your OB told you what to watch for (rapid onset swelling or weight gain, pain in the upper right side of your abdomen, extreme headache that won’t go away, vision trouble) in the event your BP starts to reach the "uh-oh" zone.
Also, know your doc wouldn’t have sent you home if he was really worried at this point. Usually with Pre-E, you would spill protein into your urine also, and I know they usually do a dip at every visit.
Good luck! I know from experience inductions are no fun.
References :