ok so yesturday my consultant gave me a vigourous membrane sweep, now for those of you who dont know what one of these is, its where they insert two fingers and vigourously sweep around the top of your cervix in the hope of pulling the cervix off the membrane and thus kick starting labour...i was told to expect some bleeding and pain like BH or contractions signifying that it was doing its job and softening the cervix and encouraging it to open...well i had the contractions about every 20-mins or so...(see my journal) however they didnt last long 30 secs on average with the odd one lasting 40-45 secs, i was told to move about and walk, which i did til about 11pm when i was so tired i had to stop...ive had no bleeding, but tons of mucus as usual...so if anyone has had a sweep, knows if you are supposed to bleed (my consultant said i might but i forgot to ask what it meant if you don't) and knows any more info on this procedure id love to hear from you xx