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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m considering declining them until closer to my due date. My doctors office seems to do them starting at 36 weeks. [/quote]

OP can you clarify the sequence of events? I'm close to giving birth a second time and this is something i'm considering/anxious about. So you were offered a cervical check at 36 weeks which you declined. But you went into spontaneous labor at 36 weeks and 3 days, went to the hospital, got checked and was at 4 cm, and progressed to 10cm quickly and did not have time to get the epidural (which would have required confirmation through a second check that you were dilated enough). Is this accurate?

If so something like this happened recently to a friend of mine - she declined cervical checks but once she went into labor at 39 weeks everything happened super quickly and she did not have time to get the epidural by the time she got to the hospital. She had an extremely painful birth as a result. I suppose this is one reason to get them after 36 weeks, so you potentially have some mental preparation that your body is more ready than you realize to giving birth? I know dilation isn't always predictive but at least sometimes, it is.

I had a pretty quick first birth with the epidural, and my OB told me this time it's likely to be faster. She offered me cervical check and said if they know I'm already starting to dilate, when i go into labor and call the hospital, they'll likely admit me faster.[/quote]

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