its different for everyone, first babys usually take the longest and you can be 2cms for a long time, sometimes days, just stay slowly active carry on doing day to day things, keep energy levels up...
I am also 1cm dilated and 80% effaced...1 week ago I was 1 cm dilated and 70% effaced. It is different for everyone...Although my DR. said the norm was 3 days after you lose your mucus plug...good...
I would say........ SOON! I know when I was pregnant I felt like it would take forever! I thought I would always be pregnant and when the Dr. told me I was fully effaced (which just means thinned...
probabaly not long you are showing signs of going into labor on your own but that can change sometimes you may require some petocin to help you proceed
It is really hard to predict the onset of labor. These signs are signaling that you are well on your way though! You may go anytime, today, tomorrow or next week.