weird, why are they checking you so early?! I've got preterm issues, and we've been doing cervical scans every two weeks but they still aren't checking me vaginally at visits. I thought that the pressure to check didn't start till at least 36 weeks or so.
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Sheesh, what a pain, having to keep all those fingers and claws out of your vagina... can't they just leave us preggo mamas the hell alone?? I already told my midwives thanks but no thanks, even in labor I don't want any paws down there!
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you poor thing - are you ok after the fender-bender?
You're totally my heroine now - I'm imagining going to my next OB appt and telling them to keep their cervix gropers out of there
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I think I got away without any checks last time...let's see if I can do the same this time
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You're totally my heroine now - I'm imagining going to my next OB appt and telling them to keep their cervix gropers out of there
I think I got away without any checks last time...let's see if I can do the same this time
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Glad your peri didn't give you a hassle about it and that you're doing ok after the car accident. A friend of mine had a roll-over accident while preg with twins, and the babies were fine. Gotta love that built-in cushioning!
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Her car was totaled, and if she'd had any passengers in the car, they'd have likely been dead because of the way the car crumpled. She got away with just some cuts and bruises, but nothing major.
I too will be refusing cervical exams this time around. Last time, it didn't matter, because a) I was seeing a midwife who doesn't routinely do them anyway, and b) I didn't make it into the 30s.
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But when I had PPROM at 29 weeks, the hospital nurses were DYING to check me, and my DH stood up for me and said absolutely not!!!! They were planning on keeping me pregnant at least for several days, if not WEEKS, so why introduce infection with a cervical exam?!?!? The nurses hated my DH, but the doctors talked to him about it and they agreed not to do one.
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I haven't yet told my OB that I don't want cervical exams, but I don't think he'll have any problems with that. He's really open minded! He'll probably ask why, and I'll just say that they don't provide any useful information. I don't plan on delivering with him anyway (he knows this), so I may just skip the end-of-pregnancy visits. Once I hit 36 weeks, my midwife can attend me.
I too will be refusing cervical exams this time around. Last time, it didn't matter, because a) I was seeing a midwife who doesn't routinely do them anyway, and b) I didn't make it into the 30s.
I haven't yet told my OB that I don't want cervical exams, but I don't think he'll have any problems with that. He's really open minded! He'll probably ask why, and I'll just say that they don't provide any useful information. I don't plan on delivering with him anyway (he knows this), so I may just skip the end-of-pregnancy visits. Once I hit 36 weeks, my midwife can attend me.
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