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Friend pregnant, 27 weeks, having pain, went to er, told she 50% a phased, dilated 1cm, slight bleeding.was told go home.aint that bad to be dilated, should she go to different er?

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Dr. Robert Killian answered

Specializes in General Practice

Contact OB: No. That amount of dilation is probably unimportant. The bigger issue is why hasn't this woman contacted her OB? Paging the OB for instructions would be much wiser than going to an ER that doesn't know her.

Answered 5/11/2014

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Wait: The cervix takes hours to days to fully dilate and you should not worry.

Answered 5/13/2014

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