I had my 37 week check up with my Ob today, we went through my birth preferences etc and I am really happy with the way he plans to manage the rest of my pregnancy and my labour and delivery.

He commented that I'd been looking very uncomfortable for a few weeks now (true!) and that as of next week, if I wanted him to he would do an internal examination to see where things stood and if things were looking favourable he would do a sweep of my membranes.

I've heard this is a bit ouchie and don't know if I'd actually go through with it but wanted to ask about people's experiences - have you had it done? Did it get things moving? Would you do it again?