Excellent info on dilation and labor without internal checks!

[Lunaty]

For all you ladies interested, this blog has some very good info on dilation 'indicators' without doing internals!

Great for when your laboring at home

https://wonderfullymadebelliesandba...7/dilation-how-to-check-without-checking.html

 

[Nyn]

Great read, thank you

 

[Sooz]

I had a MW, SMW and a student doctor all stood behind me admiring my 'purple line' whilst I was pushing on all fours in the birthing pool. I'd only had an internal at home which showed me to be 5 cms, so they were using the line to asses my dilation in hospital. Not my most dignified moment.

 

[wigglywoo]

Thanks for that link. Interesting read.

 

[Enough]

I had never heard of the purple line technique. I am going to be asking my husband throughout my labor how far up the line goes. Aren't our bodies amazing?

 

[violetsky]

Really interesting, thanks for posting!
I definitely remember beginning to tremble/shake really badly when I was ready to push.

 

[Wolfie]

Thankyou so much, I'm going to print this out for my MW and my birthing partners for my home birth.

 

[NaturalMomma]

Wonderful read

 

[FeistyMom]

Great read! This is my third, and I hadn't really heard about some of those ways of telling, but definitely had some of the symptoms listed with both births so far.

Thanks for the thread!