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I'm contracting but my cervix isn't changing. how can i help my cervix dilate. i'm 39.5 weeks along. only 1 cm but i continue to have contractions.
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Braxton Hicks: The contractions(braxton hicks) that you are experiencing are the warm up for the concert that will soon begin. When actual progressive labor begins, your cervix will dilate an there is nothing that you can do to alter those events. 'if the apple is ripe, it will fall off the tree'.
Answered 5/21/2017
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