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Did you have a sweep? Was it successful?
Hi ladies and babies
I really wanted to hear stories of ladies who had a sweep and if it helped bring labour on? Is it painful? Uncomfy? I'm due in 3 days but I feel like I've been kicked by a horse and walking is becoming a struggle which is affecting my poor little boy and mummy can't play much. I've a midwife appointment tomorrow and I know she'll offer one as she keeps mentioning them, so do I have a shower and a quick trim before I go? lol xxx
I really wanted to hear stories of ladies who had a sweep and if it helped bring labour on? Is it painful? Uncomfy? I'm due in 3 days but I feel like I've been kicked by a horse and walking is becoming a struggle which is affecting my poor little boy and mummy can't play much. I've a midwife appointment tomorrow and I know she'll offer one as she keeps mentioning them, so do I have a shower and a quick trim before I go? lol xxx
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my first sweep wasnt uncomfy but i dont think she did a lot, my second was quite uncomfy but not painful she separated the sac from the cervix then so thier was a lot of poking about,
as for tidying the garden it depends how you feel, if you want to be tidy for labour i would do it incase, i wasnt prepared with my first and was mortified
I was induced at 30+11 and in the early hours of day 12 (when things were going very slowly) I was given another one and within 2 hours was moved round as I was in very fast moving labour all of a sudden
Obviously I had also had a pessary in to start labour, but it didn't seem to be working very well and I do think the s+s helped me.
The first one was painful (because I wasn't at all favourable), however the second one (when there was a gap in my cervix etc) was really just a bit awkward/uncomfortable.
If I was having a natural birth again next time, I would opt for a sweep when it was offered. Oh, and I did have a wash and a trim (although once I was in hospital, I really didn't care )
I think I could cope with uncomfy, I was worried it would be full on pain and I've enough of that to come! xxx
I was induced with my son and I really wanted to start naturally this time, maybe I'll wait longer, see how I feel tomorrow I think.
The things we worry about hey ladies? I keep thinking I must shave my legs, bits and pits, wonder what the hell my callulite looks like from that angle etc But I keep reassuring myself the MW's have seen worse haa haa xxx