Do you dilate or efface first

This is my. The timing is different in every woman.

For some dilation and effacement is a gradual process that can take weeks or even up to a month.

Do you dilate or efface first. If you have 2cm out of 10 dilated you are 20 done with dilation. If you are 80 effaced you are 80 done with effacement. Its important to know that for a cervix to dilate it must first thin out efface explains.

My OB told me that you efface then dilate with your first pregnancy. After that you dilate first so dilation doesnt mean as much. Ive been walking around 4 cm and thick for a week.

This is my. If this is your first pregnancy your cervix may not start to dilate and efface until you go into labor and contractions begin. Or it may start to efface but not dilate.

Or your cervix may start to efface and dilate gradually over several days or weeks toward the end of your pregnancy as your body prepares for labor. During labor and sometimes before your doctor or midwife may check your. I was just wondering which happens first or is most important between dilation and effacement.

Obviously they both have to happen for us to give birth but I wasnt sure if you had to be 100 percent effaced in order to dilate enough to go into active labor or vise versa. In other words I dont feel like Im making senseIs it better to thin out first or dilate first or does one have to come before the other. Nope no way of knowing how long it will take YOU to efface and dilate.

As its your first pregnancy the general rule is that during labor you will probably efface first then start to dilate. With my first two i didnt start to dialate until i was in labor. Sealed shut until then.

Dilation isnt an indicator of when you will go into labor. Some woman walk around dilated to 3 for weeks and then have to have a Csection for failure to pregress. You will get there.

Just a few more weeks till you have your arms full of little love. I have had some preterm labor issues and so we have been preventing labor for about 6 weeks at 30 weeks I was 2cm dilated and 60 effaced. Im now at 36 weeks 25 cm dilated and 75 effaced which I know dilation and effacement are not a predictor of delivery bc Ive been this way for 6 weeks but Im wondering if 2nd or 3rd etc time moms tend to dilate or become effaced first.

Before you can know whether youre beginning to efface its important to know the distinction between effacement and dilation. Both terms apply to the way the cervix prepares for labor. From what I hear you generally efface first thin out the cervix and then dilate open up.

They say once youre 100 effaced then you start dilating at a faster rate which would make sense if the cervix is thinned out it would open more readily. My sisters had 5 kids and she says that in her experience after the first the dilationeffacement happens almost simultaneously approaching 100. Been having contractions at least 5 an hour for 3 days.

Get regular 5 minutes apart and a minute long for a few hours then go back to irregular. Yesterday I went to get checked yesterday and I was 1 cm dilated and 50 effaced. With baby 1 I wasnt dilated at all until after my water.

My first baby was born at close to 42 weeks and my second baby was born at 39 weeks and they were almost exactly the same size. Im not sure about effacement and dilation with the second baby because i did not have any checks before or during labor. You generally start dilating in the ninth month of pregnancy as your due date gets closer.

The timing is different in every woman. For some dilation and effacement is a gradual process that can take weeks or even up to a month. Others can dilate and efface overnight.

As labor nears the cervix may start to thin or stretch efface and open dilate. This prepares the cervix for the baby to pass through the birth canal vagina. How fast the cervix thins and opens varies for each woman.

In some women the cervix may start to efface and dilate slowly over a period of weeks. But a first-time mother often will not dilate until active labor starts. It usually takes several weeks for the cervix to become fully effaced.

If a woman is having her first baby her cervix will probably efface before it dilates. In subsequent pregnancies the cervix may dilate first then efface During the final weeks of pregnancy your health care provider will examine the cervix and can report on these changes. Cervical effacement is measured in percentages eg no changes means 0 effaced.

During the first stage of labor the cervix opens dilates and thins out effaces to allow the baby to move into the birth canal. In figures A and B the cervix is tightly closed. In figure C the cervix is 60 percent effaced and 1 to 2 cm dilated.

In figure D the cervix is 90 percent effaced and 4 to 5 cm dilated. The cervix must be 100 percent effaced and 10 centimeters dilated before a vaginal delivery. If your OB or midwife is tracking it they will tell you how effaced you are in percentages.

So if youre 50 effaced that means its thinned halfway. When youre 100 effaced the cervix will be paper-thin. Think of dilation as the cervix opening up to let the babys head pass through.

If this isnt your first baby your cervix might efface and dilate simultaneously. Cervical dilation is the actual opening of the cervix and its measured in centimetres. Dilation is used to determine the different stages of labor.

Your midwife or doctor might offer to perform a cervical check. These findings are usually plotted in a cervix dilation chart alongside with other data such as. When actual labor begins the contractions really start to stretch the cervix.

First-time moms may labor longer because they tend to efface before they dilate. But in later pregnancies effacement and dilation usually happen together and more quickly. After having already had a child your cervix is already less firm and more flexible from the delivery of the first child.

During the first stage of labor your cervix will start to open dilate and thin out efface to allow your baby to move through your birth canal. Dilation starts at 1 centimeter less than 12.