Any advice on helping dilate?😭

I see everyone having there beautiful babies! I'm due Sept 17th I'm so ready to meet little man! 😭💖 I'm 2.5 cm dilated and 50%effaced and 38 weeks as of Sunday

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I'm starting to realize there really isn't a way to speed it up. It happens when baby wants. I am also 38 weeks on Sunday and according to the dr actively dilating but super slowly

I had my baby today but i was supposed to be 38w 6d and I wasn’t dilated what so ever before today😭 and once I was in the hospital i was stuck at 3cm for hours. once I hit 6cm I went up to 10cm within 15 minutes. it really all depends on you personally, I tried everything but nothing helped me dilate 😭 and just randomly my water broke this morning at 3:30am

awe! Did you have any warning signs for your water breaking?? And at least the end went pretty quick!

not really, I had very light contractions all day yesterday and then in the middle of the night I just woke up bc I wasn’t feeling that great and then my water just broke😭 I was so confused

Aww I’m also due on the 17th. Congrats

@MO congrats to you too!💓

My water broke 2 hours after having sex and we left for the hospital 2 hours after that with 4-1-1 contractions 🤷‍♀️🙃

ive been drinking a crap ton of raspberry leaf tea and bouncing for 30 minutes on my ball. last time i was checked at 37 weeks i was 4 and 80

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