Dialation Question

I saw my doc yesterday. She says I am 4.5cm (extremely stretchy) dialated and 80% effaced. She doesn't think I will make it to my next appoint next week but says IF I do she suspects I will be 5.5cm Dialated since I seem to dialate 1cm a week. At that point she might admit me out of fear I wont make it to the hospital in time lol I am hoping that was a joke on her part! They cant/wont induce me because I had a previous c-section (with my first DS). So I just have to wait until things start up on their own.

My question is, do any of you know what would happen if I do reach 5.5cm and still not in labor? Has any of you experienced this before? I am not sure what to think right now. I am suprised they cant just give me a little pitocin to start it if I dont actually start labor by next week. At the rate I am going if I wait until my due date I should be like 7.5cm dialted....weird.....

wow!  I'm not dilated at all.  I'm not an expert here, but if your water was to break or you went into active labor you could have a baby in 30 minutes.  I wonder why they can't admit you and then just break your water?

I had a doctor like that who kept telling me when I was 37 weeks that I was over 4 cm dialated that I could sneeze and have the baby and wouldn't make it to my next appointment so we drove out of state to my in laws to have them watch our toddler, but then each week went by and I seemed to stay between 4 and 5 and just kept getting told I wouldn't make it to the next week, until finally at 2 days overdue with a 10 pound baby they finally induced me, I ended up not seeing my toddler for 3 1/2 weeks it was so frustraiting.

Hopefully your doctor doesn't let you stay that far dialated without helping your body in to labor if needed. i'm sending you quick labor vibes!

Wow, IDK.  I never got past 2 cm without going into labor on my own.  I would really think that far dialated, they would admit you.  You're obviously having contractions to be dialating, but I guess it could be possible your body won't go into labor.  Let us know what happens in the next week.  GL!