checking cervix

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So i have googled how to check the cervix for dilation which i just did in the bath as my hands were nice and clean, it says if you can fit a finger tip in then you are 1cm dilated which i could. But why would i be 1cm dilated this early?
 
Is this your first or a subsequent pregnancy? I have been 1cm dilated since about the same as you but recently my cervix has got shorter and softer the closer I got to baby coming...

They say that with subsequent pregnancies your cervix will never be fully closed but Im not sure how true that is xx
 
Well, you could just be dilated on the ouside, but the internal OS might still be nice and closed. Doesn't matter if the external OS is a bit dilated as long as the inner in shut...you are 33 weeks so even if you are dilated 1cm I don't think that's that big of a deal...could be like that right up until you go into labor! My second pregnancy at 28 weeks I had dilated to 2.5 but stayed that way until a week or so before delivery. This pregnancy my internal OS is still tightly closed and cervix is still long, although on the outside I am a bit over 1cm dilated but that is normal if you have had previous pregnancies...I would ring your OB or midwife and let them know what you found just to ease your mind! Honestly being that your 33 weeks if it was me I wouldn't really worry if it was just 1cm!
 
Thanks, i didn't know about the internal and external os. It is probably just the external os that is dilated 1 cm then which doesn't worry me at all
 

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