Gbs swab / sweep ??

Just had my swab / sweep like 2 hours ago .. I been cramping bad since I left , is that normal ?? & does the sweep start labor ??
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Membrane sweep, yes she/he scraped the amniotic sac off the wall to try to induce labor naturally some women go into labor minutes/ hours / days after.

The Gbs swab shouldn’t hurt. But a membrane sweep can be uncomfortable and can hurt for some. After I got my membrane sweep I cramped right after and it never went away and I ended up having her 6 hours later for my first baby

@Marla when was thisss ? Lol I’m 36 weeks tomorrow 😭 how many weeks were youuuu ??

@Emilee ahhh , I got 4 weeks left . I don’t need this girl coming early 😩

The doctor should have asked you if you want the sweep before doing it as it does induce labor

I was past 40 weeks. Which is why we did the membrane sweep at that point. Yeah I’m not sure why they would have done a membrane sweep this early. I’m 36 weeks now and wouldn’t want one until at least 39 weeks.

LMAO girl don’t tell me that imma ask for one at my 36 week appointment or maybe 37 weeks lol to be safe 😆😆😆

Did they do the gbs swab or the membrane sweep?

@Alicia he said gbs swab , did that and then after he stuck his actual fingers inside of me & then was like ok well that’s all for today .

@Emilee you know what 🤣 don’t do that lmao they gone be looking at you like girl what .

@Marla yess which is why I’m so confused . With my son I didn’t have none of this stuff done which is I’m like uh wth , I’m talking about I am cramping non stop .

Ah okay they did the same thing for me, it sounds like they did your gbs swab and asked cervical check

Cervical checks can cause cramping, make sure you're drinking plenty of water

I’ll wait til she offers lol

If it was a cervical check, they still should have asked you if you wanted that done. Because you don’t need to have that done yet either if you didn’t ask.

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@Marla 100% agree!

GBS swab should just be on the outer area of the lady parts not Inside at all sooooo I would assume Noooo

Are you sure they actually used their fingers and did a sweep? Not just the swab and a cervix check? Normally they will start check around 36w if you want but sweeps don’t normally start until 38w

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