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Share experiences and get support around labour, birth and recovery.

Stretch and Sweep

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ShannonPaige09 · 22/08/2021 16:43

Hi all, my baby is very low in my pelvis and is fully engaged head down. I’m 2cm dilated and my cervix has thinned and softened. I was given a stretch and sweep to help speed up the process as I have been 2cm dilated for a week now and baby is so low it is incredibly uncomfortable for us both! I’m wanting to know if I should get my hopes up for the sweep to work? Considering it’s been 24 hours already and I’m still yet to progress with established contractions.
TIA

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boymum88 · 22/08/2021 21:36

I was 2cm dilated from 36+4 to 39, had a sweep at 39, could stretch to 4cm lost plug and bloody show while she did the sweep. Then not a thing until waters went then baby born very quickly
Sweep done 1.30pm on the Friday, waters went 16.45 on the sat baby born 19.11 on the sat.
Went for a couple of walks and did a lot of bouncing on my ball

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