38 weeks 4 days

Esther
I'm 38 1/2 weeks along with my first baby and got checked for my weekly check up and was one centimeter dilated, and they stripped my membranes. I've been having contractions here and there daily for about a week or so, but nothing alarming to go to the hospital over, and I haven't lost my mucous plug yet. Just kinda wondering on advice or, if anyone else has been through that and how long it took them to progress. Things like that. Thanks!