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Checked me in triage (only 2 ) around midnight and not again til the morning after night on epi & pitocin (5 cm) and then the last time when I was at 10. Plus I had been checked that am at the dr's. I would definitely decline the checks every hour, that seems excessive.

My water broke before my contractions started, but I don't remember anyone saying anything about trying to limit checks because of that.

I was checked in triage (2 cm), and then again when my OB stopped in about two hours later (3-4cm). A few hours after that, I asked for a sedative and they checked me then (5cm). About 2 hours later, when I told them "either that was transition or I need an epidural", a nurse checked and I was fully dilated.

I finally allowed a check after about 20 hours when I was considering an epidural. I was I think about a 7/8 so I decided to continue on. At 26 hours I asked to be check again and I was a 9 but since he was posterior I was dilating unevenly and swollen on one side. That's when I got pit and an epidural. After that I had a few more checks. So maybe 5 total over 36 hours. And none during pregnancy.

DS1 - 0....I had a scheduled c-sec and made it to the date/time he was to be delivered.

DS2 - I'd guess 4-5 in the last two weeks (all in triage), but it felt like 10000. He didn't make it to his scheduled c-sec and came early.

I think this past pregnancy we started checking at 37w, so 2 or 3 in office then a few in l&d. I didn't really worry about it because every time they told me why they were checking and it seemed like good reasoning to me. If I remember right it was when I got to the hospital (5), a bit after epi, and I think when the dr got there, and then again as I was feeling some pressure and was almost there then once more as I started pushing? Less with dd but I got there at an 8, then labored overnight with an epi.