i stayed in the early stages of labor for about ten hours. i then went to the hospital and i was dilated to a 4 even though my contractions were not super painful. my midwife was surprised because i had talked to her only an hour prior to going in and my contractions had picked up frequency and were about 3-4 min apart. but everyone is different i would try to time your contractions.

I just got mine stripped & I'm 39Wks3Days & i came in already cramping, midwife said i was in early stages of labor, but im not sure what to expect @temp

I got it done when i was 40 weeks 5 days. and i didn't go into labor till i was 41weeks 3 days so hard to say that's what sent me into labor.