Open outer cervix?

[Lissec]

I am 34 weeks pregnant and been having some contractions lately. In fact last week I ended up in triage and they gave me a shot to stop contracting. Today I was checked by my midwife and I was told that my outer cervix is open but my inner cervix is still closed and that if I were to start contracting again they will not stall labor this time.  This is my third child but never heard if that before. Of course as absent minded as I've been I just said "oh ok thank you" and didn't bother to ask what does that mean? If my outer cervix is open does that mean I can expect to go into labor soon? Can someone help explain what it means if your outer cervix is open? Thanks for all the help ;)

[tarajanes]

Perfectly normal,once pregnancy gets to 34+ the baby can be born with no complications,ive had the same thing,im now 37 weeks.mine started at 35.they also said they wouldnt stop it if continued,dont worry about it.our cervix can start dilating early on,but still take days even weeks to fully dialte for labour.if you experience less movement etc,contact your doctor.

[smjmekg]

I don't know for sure but I googled it and a lot of sites say that you have the outer cervix which is closer to your vagina, and the inner cervix which is closer to your uterus...you can be dilated on the outer cervix and not dilating on the inner cervix. It's because your cervix is like a tube, or so the sites say.