At how many weeks do they do a membrane sweep? And what exactly is that?😳

I never had one. It all depends on ur OB

They do it at 38 weeks or later. They take their fingers and sweep out the membrane surrounding the wall of your uterus. It helps bring the baby down a little bit more. Let me see if I can find the pic my L&D nurse friend gave me

@ashleysmith,

I got mine at 40 weeks

Why do they do that? @brittanycheri

Oh okay well I still got some time...but thank you for the pic it helped😊 @brittanycheri

I got mine at 39 weeks. and basically what @brittanycheri said that's what it is. it's very uncomfortable to.

What if ur baby comes before that tho😳 @breannapacheco2016

well, then there's no need for it you have your baby I believe when my OB did it that's what got me started in early labor cause my son came right on his due date shortly after that appointment.

@ashleysmith,

@breannapacheco2016, I got mine at 39 too and less than 24 hrs later my daughter was here. 😁

@alyssamarie315, it's just a way to "help" speed things along. Sometimes it doesn't do anything but it can help (it did for me) sometimes it breaks the water too.

Do they do it during labor? @brittanycheri

I don't think so. They might but that's something you'll have to ask your provider.

@alyssamarie315,

Oh okay well thank you:) @brittanycheri