Can you help me work out what my maternity notes mean please.

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I'm 39+ weeks at the moment and have been for a sweep this morning. I'm just looking at my notes and they say:

Cervix soft 2-3cm, Ceph 2/5, 1cm long, -2 station

And then there's a word beginning with 'm' that I can't quite make out but it has a + sign next to it.

Any ideas?

I think that Ceph 2/5 means that the baby's head is 2/5 engaged.

Not sure about the others, is there a glossary type thing in the back of your notes?

I thought cervix soft 2-3cms was maybe how many cms your dialited. (Sp?)

Cervix soft = describes how it feels - soft is good at 39+ - things starting to happen.
2-3cm = dilatation (still latent phase

Cervix soft 2-3cm; how dilated your cervix is and that it is soft (ripe for labour)
Ceph 2/5; babies head is 2/5ths engaged
1cm long and -2 station; this refers to the Bishops score (don't know much about this though, so you would have to google it)

Don't know what the 'm' word could be.

Found this for you;

The Bishops Score generally follows this scale:

Score Dilatation Effacement Station Position Consistency

0 closed 0 ? 30% -3 posterior firm

1 1-2 cm 40 -50% -2 mid-position moderately firm

2 3-4 cm 60 -70% -1,0 anterior soft

3 5+ cm 80+% +1,+2

NAR4 = "Ceph 2/5; babies head is 2/5ths engaged"

Nah, the 5ths thing is quirky - the measurable 5ths are in the abdomen, so if 2/5 can be felt then the 3/5 of the head is actually engaged!

Thank you all, hopefully things might start to happen tomorrow, have had uncomfortable period type pains every 6-8 minutes since she did the sweep but only lasting 60 seconds. Keeping me awake though.