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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like a reasonable plan, OP. A lot of folks swear by the sweep, but keep in mind there’s a small risk that it will break your water but labor won’t start (so you’ll end up with a full induction anyway). Ask your OB about this. Personally I declined the 39 week sweep with my second as I was GBS positive. My practice would have done it, but I didn’t want to risk infection.

Your doctor is right about decreased c-section rates with induction (read about the ARRIVE trial), but a lot of this depends on how your practice operates and their (and your) patience for how long it can take. Especially for a first-time mom.

As fast as big babies, anecdotally I have seen OB and ultrasound predictions turn out pretty accurate for some and wildly off for others (as in the baby was not big).

Good luck!!

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This is true, but both my sweeps did not lead to any water breaking - it's literally one of their fingers opening the cervix, they definitely do not go that far up that would hurt a lot. Both my waters broke literally at the end of laboring, once at 8cm and once at 9.5cm when the doc finally convinced me to break my waters after laboring for hours, no epidural, she broke my water herself - so none of the sweeps actually effected the water breaking. You're right to ask a bunch of questions, and do what is comfortable for you, but I think it's very effective and wish doctors would push this more than just an induction...[/quote]

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