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Sweep

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Grannylipstick · 05/06/2012 17:47

Dd had sweep this morning. Baby no 2. Told cervix is soft and is 1 cm. how long until labour starts

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Flisspaps · 05/06/2012 17:56

How long's a piece of string? No way of knowing - sweeps aren't guaranteed to work and in fact only do so if you're ready to go into labour. Could be tonight, could be the weekend, could be next week.

melliebobs · 05/06/2012 18:43

If I sweeps going to work labour usually kicks in within 48 hrs. However labour may have started without the sweep n e way so whether the sweep caused it who can say. But good luck to ur dd

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