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engagement &cervix open how long till labour starts???
hi all just wondered if anyone has any advice?i was in hospital thursday as some of you know to have cervical sutures/stitches removed and my consultant told me that my cervix was open after he removed it and that baby will most probably be here sooner rather than later. Mw also said that babys head is 3/5 engaged.I'm now home and am just wondering if anyone has any idea is labour could be soon?im not sure bout the engaged thing does it mean there are 2 more 5ths to engage??ud think id know all this as i already have 1 little girl but im still quite clueless!lolthanx any1 hanna xxx
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i was told that for second (or more) babys it didnt matter if head wasnt fully engaged as they often just fully engage during labour then, so even altho u are only 3/5 engaged you could still go into labour (but with your first i think it gets ready before labour starts).
hope that helps sorry, but maybe someone else whos had cervical stitches could answer better.
hope all goes well for you,im youre only a couple days behind me!! so im in the same "waiting" stage as you x