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With my first I was told on the Friday that there would "definitely be no baby this week" and she was born about 24 hours later. With my second, I was 3 cm dilated for about 6 weeks, and I was sure it meant imminent labour...but nope!

At my 38 week appt, I was 90% effaced and 1cm dilated. I went into labor less than two days later, BUT even when I was in active, hard labor with continuous contractions, I dilated SO slowly.

I had first labor contractions at 7 ish pm on a Thursday....went into the hospital at 8 am Friday morning thinking I must be an 8 or 9 judging from the pain. I was a 3!!! At noon I was at 3.5 and begged for the epi.

Didn't reach 10 till midnight....12 full hours later. =/

I wasn't checked until I went into the hospital in labour. I was 100% effaced and 0.5 cm dilated; I didn't even know that was possible. The nurses were a little confused, too, and they got the most experienced nurse on the floor to verify. After an hour I was 2.5 cms, and an hour after that I was 10! Very quick progression and I was so relieved when the epidural came. All in all, my labour was 12 hours from the first contraction until the bby came: 6 until full dilation, 2 more to allow the baby to descend on his own, and 4 hrs of pushing. And I still needed a vacuum assist due to fetal distress. My OB has said for my next to proceed to the hospital with my first labour pains, since the next will likely come quicker. Baby was born at 40w4d.

Just shy of 39 weeks, I was told I was 1cm and 90%. A week later at 39w, 5d, I was told by a different doctor that I was 1.5cm and 75-80%. My water broke 12 hours later! So now I'm convince that neither number means anything lol.