Dilating before term...

Amy • Mom to 4 beautiful girls. 3/3/10, 4/27/14, 4/8/17, 3/7/19.

I know you can stay at a certain cm dilation for weeks, but I personally with all my pregnancies never dilated before 37 weeks and at that point I dilated about 1 cm a week, normally arriving at the hospital around 6cm. My doctor checked me yesterday due to intense pelvic pressure and cramping, I’m 34 weeks today. She said I’m a “loose one and 50% effaced” they chalked it up to it being my 4th kid and sent me home, but I’m feeling rather uncomfortable being dilated this early. Anyone have any similar stories that carried to term?