You can be 1cm for a while. Some women have gone months. First you need to realize how far along you are anyway. If you are not 40 weeks yet then it is likely that you wont go into labor any time soon. Also be aware that you can go over 40 weeks. Some women have went up to 44+ weeks. You should contact your doctor/Midwife with any questions.
Probably another five weeks, especially if this is your first child.
Call your OBGYN
You can't make your cervix dialate. Doctors use special gels to soften, and thin the cervix when labor is being induced.
no, I am 37w 2 days and I'm 80% effaced and 1 cm and they don't think I'll go into actually labor for at least another week if not more. your contractions are just getting your cervix ready for actual labor.
Evidence that a hormonal signal from fetus to mother signals the onset of labor.Four of the major hormonal systems are active during labor and birth. These involve oxytocin, endorphins, adrenaline and noradrenaline (epinephrine and norepinephrine) and prolactin. These systems are common to all mammals and originate deep in our mammalian or middle brain.
No, Milk of Magnesia will not help you go into labor. === ===
Is 4 cm considered active labor ?
When your midwife tells you that it means that your cervix is beginning to ripen and possibly efface and dilate. Currently im 1 cm dilated 60% effaced and have been in labor but not "active labor" for the past week. My cervix isn''t dilating so they dont consider that "active labor".
You can have an enema during labor but not on active labor meaning not after 5 cm dilated.
There's really no way to tell. You can be slightly dilated for weeks before going into true labor. On the other hand, you might not be dilated at all and then go into labor closer to your due date. It's oddly not a very reliable way of telling when you'll deliver, until you are in active labor.
you can be dilated for months before you actually go into labor.
If you are between 2 and 3 centimeters dilated, you are very close to active labor. You should walk around and stay close to the doctor's office or hospital.
Depends.. If this is not your first child. My doctor told me you would be already a Centimeter Dilated, bur if this is your first they would most likely have you come in to be monitored to make sure your labor do not convert to active labor because the baby is still premature.. If the cervix tend to dilate more, they will hospitalize you and to give you medicine to stop contracting.... They will try to hold the baby for at least 7 or 8 more weeks.. If there is an infection or internal issues and with the pregnancy, they will induce the labor
The cervix is considered fully dilated at 10 centimeters.
== == Theoretically, as long as you are past the point where the fetus is viable, active labor can begin any time in any pregnancy, no matter how much you are dilated or effaced. This means you could go into active labor in four minutes, four days, four weeks, etc. There's really no way to tell.
i have been 1 cm for 3 weeks now! I dont think that how dilated you are really matters unless you are in active labor!
Could be hours to days to weeks. Everyone is different. You will probably start active labor within 24 hours. There is no stopping labor at this point.
No it wont dilate the cervix because it is not true labor.