Thanks for the answers ladies,

I had an internal on friday as part of my GD monitoring combine with an OB check-up and was 1-2cm dilated, s I know it's happening, but as I've never dilated on my own before without drugs - I was induced with my DS and wasn't even starting to dilate yet - it's all new and I don't really know what to expect.

I have been having irregular contractions daily since wednesday, and even more irregularly every 2nd day or so for about a week & a half before that, so they've obviusly been doing something.

Trillian - It's more of just a general loose and open feeling in the pelvic region, though that whole area has been looking puffy and feeling physically looser for about a week now lol