How did you feel after your sweep?

[Gingerbreadlatte]

Been 'swept' today at 39+2. Early as I had a whopper baby first time around (almost 11lbs).

How did you feel afterwards if it did or didn't work?

Feeling lots of pressure and cramps and vv tired. Is that normal? Had some brown bleeding but not much.

I had 3 sweeps, was crampy after and had a 'show ' but unfortunately it didn't work for me :( fingers crossed it works for you

I felt like that, later on had a clary sage bath and afterwards came the show.

Unfortunately it didn't work for me but I was only 37+3 and 37+6 so fingers xed you might be more ready to go than I was.

I had a sweep with DD1 at 41wks and didn't feel any different afterwards, but I went into labour the next evening and she was born the following day.

I had 2 sweeps with DD2, one at 41wks and one at 41+3. The mw said that she didn't think that the first would work but that we would try anyway and I had no twinges or anything afterwards. After the 2nd sweep, I had mild cramps low down in my back (they felt quite period-like) from about an hour afterwards, until I went into full-blown labour 18hrs later.

I don't know if the sweeps led directly to
labour or if it would have happened anyway, but I felt like I needed to try something!

Good luck!!!

Forgot to say that I had some brown bleeding too from sweep with DD1 and 2nd sweep with DD2.