TMTM, I really hope your belly dropping isn't a sign!! I started to drop a couple of weeks before and made a significant drop just the days before...

I agree with RM, I would get it checked, my OB said to me when mine started that it wasn't necessarily a sign, better to get checked JIC.

At this stage bubs needs to keep developing the lungs a bit more, the suck reflex (usually not properly developed until 34/35 weeks), and put on some chub, which is generally what happens in the last 6 weeks or so. I would very much doubt a cervical stitch being put in as well, generally done much earlier if required (early PT Labour)/or prior knowledge that it may assist in prolonging the pregnancy when a weak cervix is a known cause of PT labour.

Keep baking little bubba, we aren't ready to meet you just yet!! Rest up hun!!

xxoo