Do you believe you can feel dilation?

With my last (#3) I actually did have cervical pain. I had a scheduled c-section so it didn't matter but I knew I was dilating the morning of my c-section when I lost a couple chunks of mucus plug. That and braxton hicks were all firsts that pregnancy.

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With all mine I would get a sharp pain up by the cervix. Because that is where I could say I felt the sharp pain. My first and second I was checked to make sure that I was just dilating and if not then we they would have had me do some other tests. My second I wish I had never said anything to my Dr. Because I knew what it was since it was the same as with my first. But she just had to check. With my third I told my midwife and she said if it ever feels different to let her know and we will talk and decide what to do from that.

i thought the same thing. wk 32 i went into pre term so when i felt like he was falling out or the sharp pain  i thought for sure i was dilating. he moved up and out of position at wk 37 (hed been in position since 31) and now im only 1cm and thick. so i have NO clue what the hell i was feeling besides a butt load of pain and discomfort.

I think so
the last few weeks I will get a sudden pinching kind of stabbing pain....its so fast that I have time to say "OW" and then its over
I'm guessing thats probably what it is?

With both previous pregnancies, I've dilated really early. I'll walk around at 2 or 3 for about a month. I got to a 5 with my last one at 39 weeks and the doc finally made me go into the hospital. :) I never really feel the contractions that cause the dilation (or at least, they're not painful), but there is definitely more swelling/discomfort "down there" during those last 3-4 weeks. I think it's more of a gradual change, I'm not sure if you can feel it as its happening, but you can definitely feel a difference when your cervix starts to change.

Aren't you like 2 months from delivery?  I hope you aren't having your cervix thin & dilate yet.  I know we can walk around a little dilated for a very long time, but it could make everyone nervous (and potentially throw a wrench in your birth plans).

My aunt has said she felt her cervix dilating while she was in labor.

I felt that way when my son dropped (about 2 months before he was due, and 1 month before he was born). I would go on a walk and felt as though I needed to hold my belly up or he would fall right out from between my legs! :P It was horrifying. :P

4 babies and I've never felt dilation.  I've seen dilation through my discharge though.  

I'm now at 39 weeks. I feel many sensations... I couldn't tell you which could be the cervix dilating.

Hell, I couldn't tell you what many of the sensations are. lol