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Cervical dilation and effacement are terms that you will hear your care provider talk about toward the end of your pregnancy and throughout your labor. These terms refer to the opening and thinning... 
how to use self-effacing humor. I would - essentially - poke fun at myself.
Also, I would use sarcasm, not....
Is that sarcastic? Is that self-effacing?
The person, whom I respect... 
knowing that my body is changing in preparation for labor. Knowing how dilated and effaced I am gives...
. That was difficult because I was only 25% effaced and about 1 cm dilated. AT 41 WEEKS? ARE YOU KIDDING... on the drip I went. That was 4:30pm, and at that point I was 80% effaced and 4cm dilated. I was getting...
% effaced and because Garrett was so low in my pelvis, she said there was nothing stopping him from entering... like there was some consistency left to my cervix, that maybe I was about 70-80% effaced and maybe a fingertip dilated...
% effaced. It went very fast (and was nice once I got the epidural!) and at 12:20pm I was completely dilated... (woohoo!), nonstress test was good, and I'm still 1 cm dilated and now 50 - 75% effaced. The doctor...
me know that I was 2-3cm dilated and almost completely effaced. I must admit although I knew labor... was perfect. He proceeded to check my cervix and let me know that I was 3-3.5cm and more effaced. He told...
with cervical incompetence.
Cervical incompetence is when the cervix starts to prematurely efface (thin... on her cervix in the past? Could she have an infection that is causing premature labor/dilation/effacement...
dilated, 50% effaced, -1 station, and bag of waters bulging. We so thought that I would go into labor... week appointment, just 4 days prior to induction, I was 2 1/2 cm dilated, 50% effaced, with bulging...
. I was only 2cm dilated, about 25% effaced and the baby was still up high. I had her strip my membranes to see... fetal monitor. I had progressed from 2 cm, 25% effaced on Friday morning to only 4 cm, 50% effaced... 
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