How dilated do you have to be to be admitted into the hospital. During labor the cervix opens to accommodate the passage of babys head into the vagina which is around 10 centimeters cm dilated for most term babies. I wasnt admitted until i was almost 6cm with my middle daughter. If thats positive ill be admitted anyway but im curious about dilation.
It depends on the hospital or your obs rules. Youre full term soif you are 4cm some docs will admit you and start you on pitocin to cause morecontractions even if you arent in active labor when you get there. Generally speaking once you are dilated past 5 or 6 centimeters and having regular contractions most practitioners will be fairly insistent that you remain in the hospital or birth center until your baby is born.
We consider fully dilated to be 8 to 10 centimeters and at that range ive never seen a woman that does not also have contractions writes schmitt. But if a mom is 4 to 5 centimeters and is. I was 3cm when i was admitted with my dd.
For my hospital you need to be at least 5 cm dilated and in active labour which the hospital defines as contractions 5 minutes apart lasting for one minute for at least an hour but ive read birth stories in which women are admitted at only 1 2 cm dilated and i know that if i turn up that dilated i will be sent right back home. True or false labor sometimes a contraction may not be the sign of true labor. So basically unless you were very dilated they really only cared about whether or not you were actually making progress as to whether or not they would admit you.
If your cervix is dilated with regular. However dilation amount wasnt the criteria it was progress over the two hour observation window that was. Depends on your doc.
Ill be checked again tomorrow it just makes me curious to know how many cm dilated you have to be before youre admitted to the hospital. And despite regular contractions i was turned away with my youngest when i showed up at 3cm. I also have another fetal fibronectin test.
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