I’m in a ton of pregnancy groups, and I see at LEAST once a day moms posting about how they went to their 37/38/39 week check up, and the doctor is ‘discouraged’ about the fact that you aren’t dilated/effaced at all. Why are you scaring women for no reason? Worrying them and making them think their bodies aren’t working properly?

SO MANY women don’t start dilating AT ALL until they are in labor! And can still go on to have perfectly normal deliveries!

And more often than not, doctors will use that as an excuse to start talking about inducing. Because obviously you’re not progressing at all, so you CLEARLY need some help, right?

NOPE!

Also, you know you can decline cervical checks, right?

Your cervix is not a crystal ball, it will not tell you when baby will be here. So you can be not dilated at all for weeks leading up to delivery, or you could be dilated to a 4 for weeks, the outcome is still the same.

Know your rights, you can decline anything you're uncomfortable with, and even if you aren’t showing signs of ‘progression’ I promise you, there is nothing wrong with you. Just be patient

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