What is effacement in pregnancy?
As you get close to the end of gestation, your cervix starts to develop some changes in its structure (hardness and length). This process is called effacement. When women are not pregnant, the cervix is firm and feels like touching the point of your nose. In pregnant women, the cervix starts to feel softer and shorter, like a dimple. As time passes and labour gets closer and closer, the cervix will change its position to an anterior one.