so ladies if your having contractions how many centimeters do you have to be in order for them to…

Usually 4cm is when they have to keep you.

It's normally 4 unless they need to induce you

@kreese88 👌👌👌 thank you

You're very welcome 😄

Actually depends on the situation and how far along you are. When I was pregnant with my daughter at 28 weeks I was 2cm dilated and they kept me.

@meboom01 thank youuu! I was just curious I see a lot of moms on here getting sent back home

@amaperalta03 that is a good point , hmmm wow I guess that's a huge factor as well thanks mama 😊

Your welcome Hun

I was sent home at a 5 with bulging waters and effaced 90%.... With contractions every 2-3 minutes apart. I wasn't progressing fast enough for them so they took the risk and sent me on my way.

@showersoverflowers oh he'll no I wouldve been walking around that hospital 😂 why would they take such a risk

right??? I walked and bounced and did yoga haha it was slow progress. I was 38 weeks and live over an hour from the hospital. They won't break your water unless you are 39 weeks here...which makes sense in terms of development however the risk of me delivering at home was very real.

@showersoverflowers that's so crazy girl wow. what state do you live in? You really could've had him at home oh wow I'm glad everything worked out though

they kept me at 3 cm but I had a severe water break

oh my what does that mean? @tlw1596

North Dakota. where I live it's not unusual at all to deliver at home. I actually only know 1 other person who delivered at the hospital this year. Midwifery is really big here but I'm anemic and have a low platlet count so I did not want to go that route.

I was losing amniotic fluid at a rapid pace, two hours before I went in I soaked the floor my clothing and it never stopped coming out after that

@showersoverflowers totally understand in that case lolll every state is different it's like where I live it's rare to have a home birth. everyone usually delivers in the hospital but that's cool. I learned something new

@tlw1596 wow sounds scary , good thing they kept you!!

Yeah and it actually only took me a little over an hour to go from 3cm to 10