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may sound stupid?

So at my dr appointment I was 60% 3 cm and a -2 what the heck does -2 mean?
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It starts at -4 and 0 is in the middle, fully engaged, +4 is the baby's head is crowning.
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Its their position in relation to your pelvic bone. When they are level/directly in between your bone, then you are 0
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Has to do with babies head station. I can't remember them but as the baby drops down to be born it gets a positive or negative number.
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