labor soon?

Angie • 23 years old, married 3.5 years. TTC 1st since January 2016 <3 expecting our first baby Nov 19 2016 💗
I'm 40 weeks & 3 days. I had a sweep done yesterday and I was 1/2 cm dilated only before the sweep (I bled a lot it was not fun!) and a few hours after I noticed that baby dropped lower and this morning I lost my mucus plug with a bit of a backache... 
so should I be resting for labor, or not really expect anything from these signs? I'm a first time mom. 😬