If you dilate gradually (weeks before due date) is labor easier?

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It seems like if you're say 2cm @ 35 weeks & then go to 3-4 @ 38 weeks or whatever, it seems like labor would be easier cause your body has already done some of the work gradually. I was kinda bummed that my cervix was still "long & closed" at 36 weeks :(

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My sister was 5 cm with her first at 27 weeks and her daugter was born at 33 weeks and they had to use forceps after 22 hours of labor and 2 hours of pushing. With her son she was 3cm at 22 weeks and she was in labor for 12 hours and pushed for 3 during that 12 hours his heart rate went down to 60bpm for a while. I don't believe dilating weeks before you go into labor helps I think it just depends on your body and the baby.

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Mine is still very much closed at 36 weeks too and I'm kinda feeling like it's not gonna be until the very end when I start dilating

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My mother in law was 4 cm dilated from 38 weeks to 41 weeks with her second u tik they decided to induce her. She did t without an epidural and said it was insanely painful and long compared to her first labor. So I think it doesn't really matter.
With my first, I wasn't dilated at all at my appointment a week before my due date. Then I went into my appointment on my due date at 130 pm and they told me I was 4 cm dilated. I had my baby at 5:55 pm.

If you dilate gradually (weeks before due date) is labor easier?

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