Hi everyone, this is my first time on Mumsnet and I hope that someone may have some words of advice for me, or that this even helps someone else :)
I'm in my first pregnancy and am currently 41+2. I am going to be induced on Saturday (when I'll be 41+4) at a local hospital here in Spain, where I live. The reason for this is because I've had minimal (barely noticeable) contractions so far and the baby's quite big.
However, in both of my check-ups this week, the obstetrician has been unable to try a stretch and sweep to get things started because the os (the top of the cervix) has scar tissue that has made it too small to even do this.
This is because I had an op about 15 years ago to remove abnormal cells, which left cervical scar tissue (CST) that made my periods very painful (doctor was surprised it was even possible) and smears difficult (and uncomfortable). Even to conceive, I had to have a procedure to open up the os.
The obstetrician has now suggested that if it doesn't open when I'm induced, I may need a C-section. I want to avoid this and have done some research today that suggests massging the scar tissue during labour helps to break it down and for dilation to happen.
Has anybody else had this problem in the UK or Spain? How was it dealt with? Any tips or suggestions, please? Thanks very much :)
Helen
If it helps anyone else, the only info I've found is from the States:
birthfaith.org/midwives/cervical-scar-tissue
www.birthresourcenetwork.org/blog/98-cervical-scar-tissue--a-big-issue-that-no-one-is-talking-about
www.improvingbirth.org/2012/07/cervical-scar-tissue-a-cause-of-unnecessary-c-sections/
www.mothering.com/community/t/487157/methods-to-break-open-scar-tissue-on-cervix-what-have-you-seen
If anyone has any info in Spanish (I can't find any!), that would be brilliant.
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Cervical scar tissue (CST) -- anyone else?
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HelenBusyBee · 27/03/2014 17:50
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