Cervix really low?

This is my 5th pregnancy but 2nd child. I'm 16 weeks exactly today! 
Today I've been feeling heavy down there not too heavy to cause concern though
Earlier on i squatted close to the floor and wiped (don't know what possesed me but I did) probably because I felt a bit wet down below and thought the worst so when I wiped I felt "puffy" down below so I put a clean finger inside and I could feel something hard but obviously still squishy which I'm assuming is my cervix, I just didn't need to put my finger in very far at all! I have a midwife appointment tomorrow and a private sexing scan. Hoping to mention to my midwife but I'll get into trouble for poking and prodding down there. Now I have lower back pain (not unusual also) and slight cramps (again not unusual) but feel a bit heavy down below! Babies heart beat is measuring about 151 Bpm on my sonoline b Doppler!