36 Weeks and One Centemeter Dilated

I didn't dilate at all with my first (had to be induced)... walked around at 2 1/2 cm with my 2nd for 6 week... still went past my due date... was 1 1/2 cm for THREE MONTHS with my 3rd, and had to be induced. They say you go faster with each pregnancy, but oh no, not me, those suckers stayed in FOREVER!

You still have time to cook that baby. Just try to relax and rest the next 4 weeks... there will be no sleep after this ;) Good luck and congrats!

I was dilated 2 cm for the last month. He came 9 days late and that was with being induced. The doctor said I could wait till he was ready to come out and I told him NO, we have to get him out NOW!!!!

Kelly- You are wrong. Complications from a baby being born at 37-38 weeks happen all the time. As a former NICU Respiratory Therapist I took care of lots of babies that were induced at 37-38 weeks and they were not ready. The mom is 37 weeks but the baby is only 35 weeks. If the baby is not ready at 37-38 weeks it will not come.

It does not matter how dilated you are. You could be at a 4 and carry another two weeks or you could be closed up tight and have a baby 5 hours later. Most women that have had a baby before will naturally sit at 1-2cm dilated for the last few weeks of pregnancy anyway.

I have 3 children. I was not checked prior to active labor with any of them. There is no reason to be checked. All it does is increase the risk of infection and the risk of the doctor accidently breaking your water which would then force you to have your baby before it is ready.

Don't let anyone check you until you are in labor. It is not neccessary.

My first i was dialated to 1 cm for at least a month and they induced because she was under fetal distress. From the time they broke my water until I had her was 6 hours. My second my water broke on its own at 4 am and gave birth at 8 am (4 hours). if this one follows the trend it will be 2 hours. :-)

I was dilated 3 cm for about a month before my first one was born but she came two days after her due date. I also dilated early with my other two kids but my second son was born two weeks early and my third son was born three weeks early. I wasn't in labor for very long with any of them either. I guess everybody is different and it isn't really any indication on if they will come early or not. It is a guessing game :) Good Luck!!

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I don't think you can predict anything...here's what happened to me. I have four kids. With #1, I was dilated 4-5cm for three entire weeks before she was born at 37 weeks! They didn't know what to tell me. On the day she was born, labor went quickly. With #3, I was zero dilated until the night he was born (3 days before due date). He was born in the hospital lobby. That's what they call a precipitous labor. The other two were uneventful and more "normal", with me being 1-2 cm dilated for about a week before birth and taking about 6 hours for labor.
Good luck. Hang in there hopefully for another couple of weeks!

Congratulations on your new little one! With my second one (he's now 18 months), he came 3 weeks early. I went in for a routine doctors appointment and I was already 5 centimeters dilated and this was at 8 in the morning. I had my beautiful boy at 4:20 that afternoon and he weighed 6 lbs 15 oz and I had him naturally because of how fast he came. Just relax and be patient, he'll come when he's ready.:o)