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37wks, 3cm dilatead, had first kid an hour after water broke, worried if i wait to go to hospital till my water breaks won't have time for epidureal?
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Contractions?: If you're 37 weeks you probably still have a while to go. You can be 3 cm for days or weeks. Are you contracting? Was your last labor very fast? I would have a low threshold for heading into the hospital, but wait until you are leaking fluid or having more contractions. Good luck!
Answered 4/13/2014
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