Purple Line?

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This may seem really dumb but I have seen a few women post about the purple line way of checking dilation/labor. Does this method have any merit to it at all? Does anyone know? Lol I'm truly just curious.

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Am I the only one thinking there is no way I can spread my cheeks and try to look back there at this point even with a mirror?

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Following. I had never heard of it before!

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I just learned about this the other day! The more dilated you are the more your butt checks spread and causes a purple line up your butt crack! It's how they used to tell dilation. So crazy!

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So I just pull my bum apart and see if there's a line there and if it's purple what do I do next

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I didn't know any of this and this is my 3rd kid. Now I'm curious and want to check it out.

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Yes it does. Read the articles on it. My girlfriend is a doula and this is one of the ways they monitor progress during labor.

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I've never heard of this until this post... But read a lot about it. Seems like there are a lot of studies done on it and it seems pretty accurate. I'm 34 weeks 2 days... And just checked and the line is sooooo obvious and goes about half way. I've been having a lot of pelvic pain and pressure since 30 weeks. So I wasn't that surprised. Hopefully little boy continues to cook longer! But of course got excited when I saw the line :).

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I didn't even see this post but I was just researching it and made my own post!  How funny!

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How far up the line goes correlates with the amount of dilation!

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That's crazy! I definitely have a line there... And it's not all the way up yet obviously. But it is dark purple. I'm only 35 weeks though 😳

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