Anonymous
Post 09/05/2021 10:44     Subject: 4.5 cm dialated
Congratulations OP! So it took three days from 4.5cm dilated to labor? Exciting!!!
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2021 02:19     Subject: 4.5 cm dialated
Anonymous wrote:It means literally nothing. Cervix checks before going into labor are pointless. Always decline them.


This. Draconian practice.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2021 02:06     Subject: 4.5 cm dialated
Anonymous wrote:Thank you! 10 hours from beginning of contractions to delivery


Girl
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2021 02:04     Subject: 4.5 cm dialated
Thank you! 10 hours from beginning of contractions to delivery
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2021 20:11     Subject: 4.5 cm dialated
Anonymous wrote:It means literally nothing. Cervix checks before going into labor are pointless. Always decline them.


If someone has their fingers in there anyway you should have a membrane strip. It lowers the chance for going post dates. If you don't want to be in labor in the next 48 hours declining the cervix check is fine.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2021 20:09     Subject: 4.5 cm dialated
Anonymous wrote:Ignore the grammar police OP. This is actually normal for many women and doesn’t mean much until you start feeling actual contractions. I was 3.5 cm dilated with my first for a week and a half and 5 cm dilated with my second for 5 days I think. What’s funny is despite all of this my labors were still long. See this article for more info https://www.romper.com/parenting/how-far-can-you-dilate-without-going-into-labor-experts-explain-78616


Agree 4.5 doesn't mean anything. I was 4.5cm, lost my mucus plug the night before I assume from breast pumping myself, admitted for an induction the next day and it totally failed. As a 2nd time mom. In another woman it might mean she is hours away from pushing.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2021 20:04     Subject: 4.5 cm dialated
Congrats OP! What did you have?
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2021 19:55     Subject: 4.5 cm dialated
Congrats!! Was it a quick labor once it got started?