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Certain women present with a soft cervix early iin pregnancy. what can be the cause of this?
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Pregnancy hormones: Progesterone softens the cervix in preparation during pregnancy for its' later ability to "stretch". Prostaglandin is often used late in pregnancy to soften the cervix for elective labor.Induction.
Answered 6/30/2014
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