Hi,

I have absolutely no idea what the front and back of the cervix is. I am fairly sure your cervix can soften up to a couple of weeks before labour. My mother is a midwife and apparently some people can walk around for days being a few centimetres dilated. I was induced with my third and it had been a week since I was examined, my cervix was soft at the exam but not dilated, a week later when I went in to be induced my ob ruptured my membranes and then told me I was two cm dilated and I had no idea. I hadnt even had a contraction.