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will a stretch and sweep get me started?

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janek · 19/10/2008 15:47

i am due on friday, and have my next mw appointment on wed. i asked her to do a stretch and sweep on the grounds that it won't do any harm and my dd was 11 days late, a situation i would much prefer to avoid this time, not least because the novelty of being pregnant wore off at the start of june...

with dd i had 2 stretch and sweeps, the first dilated me a bit, which enabled the next mw to ascertain that dd's head was on my cervix which was why she had not yet entered the world, so the 2nd s + w worked like a charm.

so now i don't know whether it would always take two, or if i need to psych myself up for giving birth on wednesday (plus arrange childcare for dd). what do you think?!?

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lulumama · 19/10/2008 15:49

it will only work if you would have gone into labour anyway within 24 - 48 hours

so it is not a question that anyone can really answer!!

you'll give birth when your baby is ready