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Q: Question About Effacement

asked by: tululabell on August 22nd, 2007

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I went to the Dr yesterday for my 35 week appt and she checked me since i was having a lot of cramping and i am 1 1/2 cm and then she wrote down 70, so i assumed she meant 70% effaced. but i thought she said i was just a little thinned.... am i thinking of it backwards? i thought the percent was 70/100 which would mean i had only 30% more to go. or is it the other way around?

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