Introduction:Pretermdeliveryistheleadingcauseofneonatalmortality and morbidity. Worldwide, prematurity accounts for 10%ofneonatalmortality, or around 500,000 deaths peryear. Prematurely born infants are also at greater risk of havingsubsequentseriouschronichealthproblems. Aimofthestudy: To assess the effect of funnelling of cervix andthelengthofthecervixinthreatenedpretermlabour