36 weeks & 3 days! Question!

Sarena
So this week starts my weekly check ups till baby girl is here! Do they check your cervix every time or do you have to ask to be checked? Last week I was checked and was 2cm dilated & 75% effaced and I've lost sooo much of my mucus plug with like 2 days of each other after that appointment. Also she's definitely down low putting tons of pressure down there and I'm always having I guess Braxton Hicks. So... Is early labor approaching me soon?