Aug 1

Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.

“…Your Cervix Is Looking Old.”

“We should induce next week because your cervix is looking old.” – OB to mother.

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Heather P had this to say, Aug 1, 2011 @ 4:42 am (Quote)

You mean “ready”? Then we don’t need to induce then, do we?

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Details had this to say, Aug 1, 2011 @ 5:01 am (Quote)

“old” what does that even mean? Does the cervix come out with the baby. No it stays in, life long structure. So it better not be old at the end of th first pregnancy! Stupid mindless comments!

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Melissa Reply:
August 1st, 2011 at 6:33 am Melissa(Quote)

Exactly!

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Antonette had this to say, Aug 1, 2011 @ 5:38 am (Quote)

Hate to break it to ya, Doc, but what you are seeing is not my cervix, but a reflection of yourself in the mucus plug.

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Sheva Reply:
August 1st, 2011 at 6:02 am Sheva(Quote)

Yowch!! Love this!!!!

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Sheva had this to say, Aug 1, 2011 @ 6:05 am (Quote)

I wonder if the doc was saying ‘old’ as in ‘boring’. Like, ‘this topic is getting old.’
So, I want to induce because I’m tired of looking at your cervix??
It’s no better – if cervices are boring to you after 9 months, why are you still a doctor?!

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Details Reply:
August 1st, 2011 at 8:51 am Details(Quote)

Maybe he should spend less time looking up there. It isn’t going to tell him anything anyway.

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Sheva Reply:
August 1st, 2011 at 9:56 am Sheva(Quote)

I agree! If you don’t look at it so often, it won’t get boring!
Or better yet, how about ‘never’? (Unless mom asks.)

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Malina had this to say, Aug 1, 2011 @ 6:47 am (Quote)

This is a new one. So let me get this straight. Our babies have an expiration date, our placentas have an expiration date, and now our cervix starts to get old too? Okay, so what do you do with it after the baby is born? I mean, I’m on my 5th pregnancy. I guess my cervix is decrepit.

Hey doc, how about you come up with a more creative lie to get mom to bend to your will…

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Details Reply:
August 1st, 2011 at 8:54 am Details(Quote)

You forgot that our breasts get worn out. any other way these doctors would like to treat us like disposable containers? Sorry so mnay posts from me, but I’m actually finding this rather enteraining.

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Jane had this to say, Aug 1, 2011 @ 6:53 am (Quote)

Does this doctor believe women form a new cervix with every pregnancy, like how we grow a new placenta?

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Sarah Dorrance-Minch Reply:
August 1st, 2011 at 8:57 am Sarah Dorrance-Minch(Quote)

But of course! However, the vagina will require some minor surgery to stitch it up all tight and new and young again, if the mother did not wind up with a perineum-saving c-section, and for an extra fee, the doctor will happily create a new hymen out of a pig’s bladder and sew it in when he does the “husband stitch” post-episiotomy. Rejuvenation!

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Lindsey had this to say, Aug 1, 2011 @ 8:23 am (Quote)

Funny, my cervix is only as old as I am…

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Ann S had this to say, Aug 1, 2011 @ 8:25 am (Quote)

Am wondering if mom misheard. This happens because I had a doctor “tell” a mom that he couldn’t find something that anyone could have found. When he was asked about this, he said that his statement was he couldn’t find her cervix, as it had been pointed very toward the back. He ended by saying “If you don’t believe everything my patients tell me about you, I won’t believe everything they tell me about you.”

That said, if cervixes get old, mine is dead, as I am not young by any stretch of the imagination. I’ve NEVER heard that statement before.

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Details Reply:
August 1st, 2011 at 8:50 am Details(Quote)

I’ve heard that as applied to children in regard to teachers. If you don’t believe everything your child says about his teacher then the teacher won’t beleive every story the child tells about home. But children are not grown-ups and are considered less reliable. I seriously doubt a grown woman misheard old. I can see the doctor meaning ripe and saying old. But heck if she is ripe or almost ready to go, she should go on her own when she is fully ready to go.

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