https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:22:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1154153 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 01:53:46 +0000 MapleMoose 1154153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was induced at 41 weeks. Cervix was softened, thinned, and baby's head was far down... but I wasn't dilated at all. I had been having contractions for a month prior that never turned regular. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1154138 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 00:41:07 +0000 Sapphiresun 1154138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: I had no clue. I'd never had so much as a Braxton Hicks that I could even feel when my water broke Friday evening, and she was born Saturday morning. But when actual labour kicked in, it was obvious, so don't worry about that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1154025 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 21:42:37 +0000 cascademom 1154025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: you'll know when it's labor. I had light cramping throughout the day and just wrote it off. By 9pm, it became obvious that it was labor. Contractions are super painful cramps like worst ones ever. I didn't notice the tightening of the belly that DH was hoping was an indicator. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1154020 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 21:37:55 +0000 daniellemybelle 1154020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cascademom: @Sapphiresun: Wow, that's reassuring! I don't feel like anything is happening though... am I supposed to be able to "tell" at this point? I have lots of cramping but it's not regular like contractions, and no other symptoms. Discouraging! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1151938 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 22:01:03 +0000 Sapphiresun 1151938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Don't stress. I never made it to 40 weeks, but I went to my 38 week appointment and had a cervical check and was told that I was not dilated AT ALL. LO was born less than 48 hours later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1151887 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 21:00:17 +0000 cascademom 1151887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a soft cervix at my 39 week appointment on a Thursday. By the next Monday, I went into labor. I didn't have dilation that whole time. When I was admitted, I was already 4cm after a full day of work. It can come on quick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1151479 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:07:57 +0000 daniellemybelle 1151479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone! I always predicted that I would go over my EDD, but here I am, feeling very discouraged. I am so insanely uncomfortable too at this point... I just want her out!</p> <p>It's good to hear though that things can move fast. I know cervical checks don't tell you much, but I still feel like a lot of people I know were dilated before they went into labor, so it makes me nervous! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1150234 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 08:33:13 +0000 mrs. wagon 1150234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At my weekly check at 39 weeks 4 days I was not dilated at all ("very soft"). Went into labor on my due date 3 days later! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1150232 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 08:32:50 +0000 looch 1150232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Add me to the list that wasn't dilated by 40 weeks! I delivered 5 days later, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1150192 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 08:17:49 +0000 Mrsbells 1150192@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: I was not dilated by 40 weeks. I ended up being induced 4 days later due to complications </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1150104 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 07:17:49 +0000 Grace 1150104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wasn't dialated at 41 and went into labour at 41+6 (and was 6 cm 2 hours into labour. It can definitely go fast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1149854 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 21:09:47 +0000 Anutka 1149854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was not dilated and baby was not engaged at 41w. 41w4d I was "half a centimeter" and my midwife was able to do a stretch and sweep and I went into labour that night.<br /> Best of luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1149614 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 19:30:38 +0000 BelugaBean 1149614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 0cm but somewhat effaced at 40 weeks and went into labor naturally at 40 + 4. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1149556 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 18:58:42 +0000 luckypenny 1149556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wasn't dilated at 41 weeks! Went into labor naturally 41w3d </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1149554 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 18:54:12 +0000 lovehoneybee 1149554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My SIL was walking around at 6cm for almost 3 weeks before she delivered her last child! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1149552 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 18:51:18 +0000 Rubies 1149552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wasn't dilated at 40weeks...At 40+5 I was only 1.5cm...I had a stretch and sweep done and went into labour the next night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1149532 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 18:30:16 +0000 abbylyn 1149532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Currently 40+1, and I've been a fingertip dilated for the last two weeks. Lots of Braxton Hicks, but absolutely no other signs of labor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1149524 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 18:23:31 +0000 runsyellowlites 1149524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went from "barely 1, high, but soft" to in labor basically over night..... of course I was "barely 1, high, but soft" from 38 weeks until 41+3.</p> <p>Point is, pre-labor "progress" is not conducive to predicting onset of labor or how you'll progress in labor. Hope you can relax and get some rest from now until baby comes! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1149518 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 18:17:34 +0000 Andrea 1149518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wasn't dilated at 40 weeks. I went into labor naturally and had my baby at 40+4. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1149496 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 17:47:58 +0000 LittleFox 1149496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wasn't dilated at 40 weeks, either, but I went into labor a few days later. Don't stress! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1149488 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 17:42:50 +0000 erinpye 1149488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Don't stress! Some mamas walk around dilated to a 4 for weeks, others dilate in a day. I was only 1/2 cm for weeks and weeks, and then it all progressed pretty quickly. Every body is different, and you could change by tomorrow. It's pretty common for first time mamas to go into labor in week 41, so hang in there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1149473 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 17:29:21 +0000 MamaBehr 1149473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wasn't dilated at 40 weeks and was induced at 40 weeks 6 days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1149471 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 17:28:11 +0000 sorrycharlie 1149471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>On Tuesday (39+5) was "maybe 1..." And Thursday I delivered so it can happen fast! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1149423 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 16:46:27 +0000 JerricaBenton 1149423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was not dilated at 40 weeks. I was induced right at 40 weeks for blood pressure spikes and we tried 3 times and I never progressed. My doctor thought if we were able to let me go I would have been a week or more overdue before I delivered. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1149421 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 16:46:24 +0000 FarmWifeGina 1149421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dilation means nothing. You can easily go from closed and tight to having a baby in your arms in 12 hours. You can also be 4 cm. at 38 weeks and go to 42 weeks. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1149416 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 16:44:48 +0000 loveisstrange 1149416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was not dilated or effaced and my water broke at 40+4. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1149412 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 16:42:26 +0000 autumnlove 1149412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was not dilated at 40 weeks so I was induced at 41 weeks.</p> <p>Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/40-weeks-amp-not-dilated-should-i-expect-to-be-very-overdue#post-1149411 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 16:41:41 +0000 daniellemybelle 1149411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am pretty bummed out - I got checked today &amp; my cervix has not dilated yet. My midwife did say I am softening &amp; thinning some, and that the baby's head is very engaged. I was hoping to have my membranes stripped, though, but they can't unless I'm dilated. I've also been having a lot of cramps that I thought were practice contractions, but that seems unlikely if I'm not dilated at all.</p> <p>Just wondering if any of you were 40 weeks &amp; not dilated, and how fast/slow you progressed from there? </p>