Membrane Sweep

It unfortunately is not a set thing, it doesn’t always induce labour. I had one yesterday afternoon and have had some mild cramping but nothing serious. Friend had 4 sweeps and then had to be induced. Another friend had 2 and went into labour the following morning after her second.

I'm also on my third and hasn't brought anything on as of yet. Everyone is different just depends if it's successful or not

I went into labour last Saturday. I had a sweep on the Friday morning. From the midwife’s point of view “it was a good one” she said Also a sweep can only be done if your cervix has started to open so there’s no guarantee it can be done

@Joanna Thank you!! I am 1.5cm dilated at 38+5 Weeks, so I did have one on my Friday afternoon. Nothing as of now at my Saturday morning, hoping to go into labor soon. I was offered a sweep because I was already having contractions on and off for a week. Were you contracting at all before having the membrane sweep?

@Kriti no i wasn’t. My water broke the following morning and contractions started later that day.

I had 2 membrane sweeps already and baby is still not here 😅 my dr did say 1/8 women who get the sweep will go go into spontaneous labour so it does work for some women!