@bianca_rose, me too @babyg407 oh ok well usually I thought they would put you on the monitor when having contractions but my doctor doesn't even do that

Mine did on the 35 and 36th week and I was not dilated. When I went this week at almost 37 weeks she asked me if I was having contractions and I said no so she said she's not going to bother checking this week.

Omg, yeah I understand your concern now. I hope you get him to change his mind

@mommybear95, yeah that's what I thought

@bianca_rose, yeah but we have a complicated situation so I thought he would understand. We are 30 mins away from the hospital (I had my daughter 14 mins exactly after my water broke) I had both my kids prematurely. We are in a state where I have no family so if I go into labor when my kids are at school I have to get them first because my husband works two hours away and 3 if it's around 5pm... So it would be nice to have him on a higher alert knowing I'm dilated more or something

Wow...I guess he figures when u go into labor you go into labor?

huh that's very crazy he should be checking every week

@ab, oh ok well I guess I will just have to speak up if I want him to check

Mine said they won't normally check due to infection but mine said if I want it check I can just tell them

@bianca_rose, I've been contracting for two months... They average around every ten mins

@elizabethgilman, I guess I will just ask mine to check next week even though he told me he wouldn't until my due date

Mine started at 38 weeks and yes at every appointment @rhonda.otero

just her fingers. she's never used a speculum to check my cervix.

With my first I was checked 3 days before my due date because I was having contractions 20 mins apart, I have the same midwife this time so I'm assuming she won't be checking me before my due date again unless I'm having contractions again

@3.26.16, oh ok well did she use fingers or just the speculum? My doc just kind of looked no touching I wonder how accurate that is