Membrane Sweep Update Post

**I'm posting anonymously because I really dont want to feel like giving the entire back story of all of the pain and "she could come any day, even today" heartache and stress I've been through since 32 Weeks, although I mention some things from my last week...

Anyways, my update is that I had my membrane sweep Friday around 4PM and I have my appt with my midwife at 130PM today (dr is out). They are going to do another biophysical as well before I see her. I'm officially 40 Weeks+1day today.

So, friday after the sweep, I continued to have some painful twinges in my cervix. I had a few contractions stronger than anything I had been having. A tiny amount of blood when I wiped.

Saturday, I had my blood show for a few hours and then it stopped and I just had tiny amounts of mucous here and there. A few random contractions and when trying to go to sleep, I felt pressure in my lower pelvis of baby girl moving around and it felt like my water could break from the pressure I felt. The pressure went away after about 30 minutes.

Sunday, tiny amounts of mucous and some red blood in it occasionally. Very few and far less painful twinges in my cervix with some pressure in my lower pelvis occasionally, and a handful of nothing contractions. Same pressure water could break feeling at bed time that went away after about 30 minutes again.

Today, some random pressure in my lower abdomen here and there, a contraction or two that weren't anything, and some soreness in my pelvic bone like my pelvis and hips are expanding more. Other than that it has been as if the sweep made all of the pains and contractions, etc. that I've been feeling since 32 Weeks to stop.

My dr and midwife have been surprised everytime I show up to my appts because I still haven't had her. I'd been to L&D about 3 or 4 times all last week because of contractions, godawful pain in my cervix, being dilated to 3cm with the pains and contractions, etc. My body wont progress though like it did with my first. The last time I went to L&D, even with the pains and contractions, in the 4hrs I was there in a birthing room waiting to go to 4cm to be admitted (was 3cm and 100% effaced like I had been the last time I was there around midnight same day) i actually went backwards to 1cm and less than 70% effaced. I feel defeated. I will most likely be induced this week.