Yesterday I was losing plug all day long, and then around supper time, it started turning into bloody show. I've seen bloody show in two of my other pregnancies. The first time was with my first and I was in labour. The second time was with my third, and I went into labour 7 hours later. So, naturally, I kind of expected something to happen. I could also feel him very low.
Around 9-10 last night, I was getting cramps and braxton hicks so decided to go to bed and get some rest in case something happened, and around 3am, I was hanging in between sleep and a dream. In the dream, I was being cast as Cristina Yang's labour double for an episode of Grey's Anatomy, and I could feel contractions, so I got up to use the bathroom, wiped, more bloody show and then did a cervix self-check to see if I was actually making progress from earlier that day, and shortly after, the contractions I was feeling stopped, so I went back to bed.
Did another check this morning, as I'm still losing plug but it's no longer bloody, and I feel like my cervix is tighter this morning, is still anterior, but moved back a bit, and feels more closed than it did last night. I was able to get to a 3 last night, and now I feel back to a 2cm.
So, I googled and found a rare phenomenon where if the cervix feels stressed or "threatened", it can move back and close back up to protect itself. It's a natural body response.
So, I do firmly believe that I was going into labour and hindered my own labour. No more cervix checks for me. Just gonna wait it out. Maybe if I'm lucky, I'll be hit by the full moon on Saturday.