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!
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.