3.5 cm is great news! I just read in a book last night that 4 cm is considered the beginnings of labor/ active labor. Is it always the same doctor who measures you? Last pregnancy, I had the NP check and her measurements were always smaller than the OBs. I loved leaving knowing I was actually more dilated than she told me! Hopefully the rest of dilation will go quickly for you.

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--Kristina