To sweep or not to sweep?

[thepurgebegins]

I have a midwife appointment tomorrow ill be 40+2. Ofcourse due dates can be 2 weeks behind or forward so my body just may need more time but I know ill be offered it tomorrow. With my first I had 6 and none of them worked and I found them more painful than labour itself but this could be because I wasn't dilated at all. On one hand my brains saying wait a little but my next appointment will be my induction next week and the other part of me is saying get it done incase it does help.. anything to avoid an induction/c section. Has anyone actually had success with a sweep and if so were you dilated etc? genuinely dont know what to do. Thankyou mamas

Yes, it worked for me. Baby is now 20! I asked the midwife to do it, she said she wasn't supposed to do it but said that years before it was routine and she was happy to do it. She told me ..... in x hours this will happen, within y hours you will be in labour and that is exactly what happened. I was 41 weeks.

I was not dilated and had a sweep @thepurgebegins. It was uncomfortable rather than painful and did work about 3 days later. My first baby

It’s really personal, I did wonder whether to bother when I first got offered one. Second time mum but didn’t have any sweeps with first, I am 40 weeks today and just had my 3rd sweep (the last one being 12 hours ago). I am 1cm dilated and cervix apparently softened since my first one a week ago.
Resigned to the fact that it’s not working for me and so far it’s kind of just caused me false hope (had contractions and lost much plug after 2nd one!) and now disappointment.
l did tell the midwife that I don’t want to talk about induction yet as they seem to keen to get them booked as soon as you hit 40 weeks!
I hope it goes well for you this time if you decide to go for it!!

I did with Dc1 but refused with Dc2.

I trusted the process would happen anyway and it was so much better and less stressful because there was no subconscious "it's failed!". Much more positive experience without the sweep.

I had a sweep at 41+ 4 hoping to avoid induction and it didn’t work for me, I ended up being induced but I had the most positive induction and wonderful birth that I wanted with no interventions apart from the initial pessary. I waited to go into labour naturally for as long as possible and who knows if the sweep helped but my labour progressed very quickly once it began!