Sweep
Had my first sweep done yesterday at 38 weeks and had the tiniest amount of light blood that disappeared and the odd period like cramps. They got worse overnight but still like intense period like cramps that I did struggle with when moving around in bed or getting up to go to the bathroom but have disappeared now it’s morning. It was probably about 17/18 hours ago I had my sweep and the midwife said I was 1cm dilated, my cervix was about a 2/3 and my bishops score was about a 3/4 out of 10. Is this normal? My first was a planned section due to complications but this time round there have been none.
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Yes that's normal to get cramps that don't lead to labour unfortunately.
Is there a reason you're having sweeps early? Especially as you have no complications? The later you leave it, the more likely they are to be successful, but still only 1 in 8 sweeps lead to labour without further intervention
Yeah normal, that was me 2 weeks ago and i was still getting 'contractions' yesterday that fizzled out. It's prodromal labour and the bleeding is from an irritated uterus, not the bloody show. My sweep did dislodge the mucus plug 12 days ago but did not start labour, it did however, give me awful cramps, backache and sciatica pain. I'm going for induction today and hoping the sweep has helped my body do the background work to make this process as smooth as it can be.
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Had my first sweep done yesterday at 38 weeks and had the tiniest amount of light blood that disappeared and the odd period like cramps. They got worse overnight but still like intense period like cramps that I did struggle with when moving around in bed or getting up to go to the bathroom but have disappeared now it’s morning. It was probably about 17/18 hours ago I had my sweep and the midwife said I was 1cm dilated, my cervix was about a 2/3 and my bishops score was about a 3/4 out of 10. Is this normal? My first was a planned section due to complications but this time round there have been none.
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