I had a very long, very painful labour, that resulted in an unplanned epidural and forceps delivery as Emmy started going into distress.Īll in all, a pretty rotten experience - although I'm desperate to go through it all again! - but I genuinely think she just wasn't ready to come out when they started sweeps and pessaries. If done at 41 weeks, it can cut your likelihood of going past 42 weeks almost. So they put me on the drip to start contractions, and my goodness did they start! Only afterwards did they explain that the drip can actually cause more painful (if that's possible!!) contractions. A sweep (sometimes called a strip) is when your care provider inserts a gloved finger into your vagina, up into your cervix, and does a quick 'sweep' around the surface to try and seperate your baby's amniotic sac membrane from the cervix. For eight days I stayed at 1cm dilated, then on the ninth day I went to 2cm. Some nine days later, seven sweeps, and three pessaries, my Emmy still wasn't up for making her appearance. First time mommy, I was petrified of anything going wrong so went in for it. Anyway, the midwife was worried that I could be further along than that and so advised me to go in for a sweep to try and start me off. These are the hormones that stimulate labour. The idea behind this is to get your body to produce chemicals known as prostaglandins. This sweeping motion separates the membrane of your amniotic sac from your cervix. I reached about 40+2 weeks but because I was a bit of a way gone before I found out I was pregnant they couldn't really be 100% accurate. Sweep: Once your cervix is open enough for them to fit their index finger inside, your doctor will then sweep your membranes.
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