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To strip the membranes your cervix must already be dilated. It can have some effect to trigger labor. Most doctors prefer to induce by 41 weeks or certainly by 42 weeks to avoid the complications of postterm pregnancy.
Does stripping membranes work to bring on labor? Having your membranes stripped is no guarantee that labor will begin. There is only theory that this may work. Membrane stripping is usually only done at the very end of a pregnancy because the theory also is that the body has to be ready for labor. Membrane stripping comes with the risk of rupturing the amniotic sac.