Unfortunately you can hangout at 1cm for weeks 😭😭😭 I was at 2cm for 2 weeks before my water broke at 40+1 other things to look out for are consistent contractions that are getting progressively stronger and of course, your water breaking. On the other hand, you can be 1cm today and go into labor tomorrow! You never know!
Wait until contractions are around 5 mins apart and are getting progressively stronger before contacting the hospital. I used to have the Freya Surge Timer app on my phone and I would just press the button during the contraction and it would monitor, how many, over what period in a really easy format so I could immediately see that the time between contractions was getting less and less. I also heard that eating dates helps prep the cervix for labor.
Thanks a lot everyone, I hope it comes sooner rather than later.
I was 1cm at 38 weeks and was induced at 41 weeks.