https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:35:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-it-always-be-10#post-152644 Wed, 09 May 2012 08:36:57 +0000 Alivoo01 152644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good to know! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-it-always-be-10#post-152630 Wed, 09 May 2012 08:28:45 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 152630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: ditto! I don't think you can really push without being at 10cm meaning completely open. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-it-always-be-10#post-152620 Wed, 09 May 2012 08:16:54 +0000 mediagirl 152620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The way it was described to me was that it was fully pulled away from the baby's head, so it was essentially no longer in the way of the baby coming through. "Is completely gone" sounds funny to me but I think she meant the same thing. :) From the things I saw this past weekend, you certainly don't want to start pushing before 10cm....no one needs a torn cervix!!! (yikes) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-it-always-be-10#post-152617 Wed, 09 May 2012 08:14:14 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 152617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hehe, i could of explained it to you. I got a course 101 from my nurse friend when I was pregnant with mavrick. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-it-always-be-10#post-152611 Wed, 09 May 2012 08:08:25 +0000 bonjourbb 152611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Today, I was thinking about birth, and I suddenly thought to myself, "Women's bodies are all different. Yet, during labor, they always focus on your cervix getting to 10 cm dilated. How can *everyone* dilate to exactly 10 cm?!??"</p> <p>So I googled it. And I found this post:</p> <p><a href="http://www.birthologie.com/birth/what-you-dont-know-about-your-cervix/" rel="nofollow">http://www.birthologie.com/birth/what-you-dont-know-about-your-cervix/</a></p> <p>Now, I don't know for sure if I believe everything in this article, but I appreciated one of the comments posted:</p> <p>"No, not all women dilate to “10″. When a care provider is checking a cervix in early labor, they are feeling for how big the opening is. Later in labor, after about 5 cm, the are checking for how much is left. So if there is 2 cm of cervix left, you are at 8cm. So 10cm just means the cervix is completely gone, not that it’s dilated to exactly 10 cm."</p> <p>AHA! So that explains it. </p>