Cervical check

Just curious why you would decline from a midwife but do it yourself? X

No, I haven't and would avoid doing this. Not sure it would be easy to do this yourself at home, may do more harm than good and you may not actually know what you're feeling. Not sure why you would decline checks from the midwife who is trained to do this but would consider doing this yourself at home??

Really not certain how you'd do this yourself🤷🏼‍♀️ I can barely get a water sample (massive baby bump in the way) for my midwife check ups, let alone attempt to do my own cervical checks.

Having to go into hospital, feeling uncomfortable & increased of infection mainly x

https://www.wildwoodbirthpdx.com/how-to-check-dilation

It was from reading this that I just wondered really!

Your community midwife is usually the one who would do any cervical checks/sweeps.
Feeling uncomfortable would happen if you were to do it yourself and also the risk of infection would be the same too...

I probably would avoid this to be perfectly honest but I understand the curiosity of knowing how dilated you are!

I could never use a tampon because I’m too squeamish, nevermind self checking the cervix 😅 maybe if you feel comfortable to go in that far yourself then go for it! You know your body best mama x