did your first sweep work with your 1st LO?

[birdy]

hey ladies :wave:
i was discussing with my midwife on friday about having a sweep when it's time, but i've been told it can be quite painfull and not always work, so i'm wondering is it actually worth having?
thank u xxx

 

[mystika802]

I had a few, the first one and if I remember the second one didnt work but I didn't find them really "painful" more uncomfortable. Then I was being induced and the cervidil wasn't working so they did another "stretch" and that worked a little better but no, none of them put me into labor

 

[snoopchick82]

Not for me either i had 2 and non of them helped they werent painful but uncomfortable but it works differently for different people u could the one it works for lol

 

[llsarahll]

With the first one nothing happened but with te second one it was really sore but the mw said if it's sore its working and sure enough I was in labour 24 hrs later xx

 

[blue.bird]

.

 

[Celesse]

First sweep worked and I was in early labour 8 hours later. However I was 41+6 so the midwife could probably have tickled my cervix with a feather and I'd have gone into labour.

 

[laura6914]

i had an attempted sweep but the cervix wasnt favorable.
I then had a proper sweep on the Thursday, started having mild contractions on the Friday. Waters went on the Saturday morning and i gave birth the Saturday night. I didnt find the sweep to painful TBH.
So mine did work but to be honest i dont think you will go into labour until your body is ready, sweep or no sweep.

 

[louise1302]

yes! i was 37+4 and my waters went 12hrs after the sweep

 

[JessicaAnne]

I had 2 and neither worked. Hope thing's work better for you though

 

[MissBroody]

I can't speak for myself as I didn't have one but my friend had 5 sweeps. Her LO came 3 days after her 5th sweep (at 11 days overdue) so in her case, they didn't work. I was offered a sweep if I'd gone 7 days overdue (as it happened LO came 4 days early) but I would have declined it I think - I'm a believer in letting baby come when he/she is ready.
xx

 

[mixedmama]

My first sweep didn't but my second sweep helped me dilate 1cm before my induction (which was the next day).

 

[MrsNovBaby]

I had 2, they were not painful, just a little uncomfortable xx

 

[Heidi]

I had two and neither of them worked. But for some people they do work!

 

[teal]

My midwife attempted a sweep at 40+6 - I say attempted because she said my cervix was still too far back to properly sweep around it - but my LO was born the next day x x

 

[cw1975]

I had a sweep at 40+6, didn't hurt felt a bit uncomfortable, but no more so than a smear really. Went into labour the following morning x

 

[peanut56]

I had pains after, but it did nothing. A week later when they went to induce me due to high blood pressure, I was still only 1cm dilated (which is where I was when I got my sweep) and my cervix was still long.
So it did absolutely nothing for me.

 

[rainbows_x]

I had my first on Monday, was 1cm. My second on Wednesday, was 3cm.
I had her on the friday. x

 

[a_c]

Get your midwife to check your favourable before doing it then if you are it won't hurt. My waters broke within 12 hours

 

[icy1975]

mine didn't work, but I wouldn't say it hurt, it just feels a bit uncomfortable, but if you think of the pain that's coming next it's actually nothing!

 

[ouchwithNo.2]

no....I had 5......
two to start me off and broke my waters to a trickle with the contractions starting 5hrs later and then 3 when I got going - they thought they could feel bits of cervix still but it was MY WATERS! I told them only the trickly ones had gone not the gush.....