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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read somewhere that cervical checks are pretty inaccurate in addition to being uncomfortable. This checks out for me, as during my first labor I was told I was 6cm only to be told I was 5cm two hours later by a different doc. Is there literature on this? Any alternatives for determining whether labor is progressing?[/quote] They stick their fingers in there and splay them and guess by how far apart they are what the dilation is. It is not the most accurate thing in the universe. You can decline cervical checks. The more they stick their hands up there the greater the risk of infection anyway. [/quote]
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