So today dr said I'm 90 percent effaced and she felt baby's head it hurt pretty bad but I'm sure it…

how care dilated are you?@txyogagirl I'm 2.5 and 80%

How did they check?

@mommy2isabellafae, she said I wasn't dilated much just enough for he finger to fit and feel his head. I think she dug in there it sure felt like it.

@I zabeli, by putting there finger in vaginally and with other hand they press on upper part of belly. The cervix lowers and thins as it gets close to his arrival I'm going to attach a good pic I found online

@I zabeli,

okay I see!!!

@mommy2isabellafae, yea the pic makes it easier to understand and to see how u can be very effaced but not dilated I had also read that as baby gets in position it can put pressure to force u to efface and I figure that's what's happening to me

yeah I guess that's what's happening to me as well although I don't even know anymore cause my doctor says one thing and student residents say another @txyogagirl

Really @mommy2isabellafae student residents check u I would only recommend listening to dr. I know this sound crazy but depending on how in tune u are with ur own body I have been checking myself. It's easiest to sit on toilet and prop feet up on little stool and check to feel ur cervix obviously I don't know how to tell if I'm dilated much or effaced but I do notice that each day it feels different like my organs are pudding more and more out of me daily and everything is more swollen I like to check myself so if I notice something I can let dr know asap or ask questions to see if it's normal. I also checked myself before and during pregnancy so it's easy to understand and see or feel the changes

@txyogagirl, they sounds like a good idea actually they say if it's closed it feels like the tip of the nose right?

I can feel the actually tiny hole in my cervix before pregnancy but as soon as it moved further up inside me I haven't been able to feel it but it's coming back down and super swollen these days but I'm not able to feel the hole yet and when I do my dr told me not to mess with it too much but I still continue to check once a day in the shower so I can tell if my body has progressed.

@mommy2isabellafae,

@txyogagirl, so I can check in the shower or on the toilet it's going to be so new for me only because I've never felt it before but I will keep you posted. I'm gon a check it today only cause I have an appointment tomorrow so I can get more info from my doctor about dilation ect. but I think this is a good idea .

@mommy2isabellafae, yes I think it's great to be in tune with ur body and totally normal to check yourself. Ur Doctor might say to leave ur self alone bc u are so far along however know body knows my body as well as I do not even my doctor bc I have always checked myself and stayed in tune with my body it's amazing how u can know and feel the changes as they happen and it makes all the literature I read become so real. I told my husband now I will never use protection to prevent pregnancy because once u know the signs and how ur body works it's all about timing I learned about it when we were trying to get pregnant and it's amazing u can just look for the signs and ur body just knows what to do I think labor will be the same way God just allows our body to do as its suppose to. Since ur so far along there is going to be so much blood flow so everything will be super swollen make sure to clean under ur nails first and clip them really short otherwise I would wear a glove if u don't wanna cut ur nails short.

I don't have nails lol I bite mine off been a habit since I was a little girl and the best time.to do it would be shower? @txyogagirl

Yes I prop one leg up on side of shower only bc my belly so big gotta reach kinda far haha toilet might be easier for u on toilet since there won't be water and u don't really know what ur looking for yet bc u don't do it often but after u get the hang of it shower works good for me only bc I'm washing myself anyways when I check on toilet I prop my feet on little stool and lean little back only bc it's more relaxing and I'm somewhat sore I guess bc all the blood flow to the are dr says it's totally normal to be sore at this stage. When's ur due date?