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Im 35 weeks pregnant 3cm dilated 75% effaced.. what does that mean?

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Dr. Ryan Phasouk answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Dilated and effaced: These terms refer to your cervix. 3 cm dilated means that the circumference of your cervical opening is 3 cm. Effacement refers to how flat your cervix is. A cervix can go to 10 cm or "fully dilated" and 100% effaced or "fully flattened".

Answered 4/29/2021

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