Honestly Ren, there's really nothing scientific about this
If you can insert a tampon, you can check your cervix. Since birth moved into hospitals this has become shrouded in mystery but it's really not any more mysterious than picking your own nose!
Have a look here and here
The way that midwives measure dilatation is to use two fingers spread apart so that each finger is touching an edge of cervix. Then it's a guesstimation as to how far apart their fingers are - for most people when their index and middle finger are at their furtherest apart that is roughly 10cms. But it is purely subjective and two midwives can determine you to be at completely different dilation at the same time. Bearing in mind too that vaginal exams really don't tell you much about how far you have to go anyway.
If you do it yourself, you're going to be more consistent..a woman is the best judge of what her body is doing
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