I'm sure there's another thread like this but I can't find it!
Just wondering if your labours each started the same, or differently??
With DD I woke up one morning and found I'd started to lose some of my plug, was just like ewcm but lots. Then got some cramps on and off all day which progressed into contractions that night.
Today I've had the ewcm stuff which I haven't had before now so I'm hoping it's the start of the plug coming away and labour might be in the next few days!
DD1, my waters broke around 4am and contractions started about 30minutes later.
DD2, Felt 1st contraction around 4am and waters broke 6 minutes before DD2 was born 22.5hours later.
I guess the only similarity was the time things started.
Both my labours started spontaneously and both my sons were born at exactly the same gestation, 38 weeks and 2 days, but that's where the similarity ends.
With DS1 I lost my mucous plug on the Tuesday night and my waters broke at 3am on the Thursday morning. Contractions started straight after my waters breaking. DS1 was undiagnosed breech and ended up a c-section born at 6:50pm.
With DS2 I'd had more discharge than usual but no plug. Contractions started at 6:30pm, plug fell out after a stretch and sweep in hospital at 8am the next day and my waters were broken at 2pm, with DS2 arriving by VBAC at 3:10pm.
Sounds like it could be your plug coming away and fingers crossed you'll be holding your new little bundle very soon!
Last edited by *suz1*; February 18th, 2011 at 05:28 PM.
: clarifying something
DD1 - At 39 weeks, I had 3 days of prelabour before waking up at 3.45am with proper contractions - painful and 5 mins apart. Baby was OP so my labour was 41 hours long before I was dilated enough to push for 1 hour. My waters were broken for me 36 hours into my labour when I was 7cm dilated.
DS1 - Prelabour started around 35 weeks. At 38 weeks I was induced. Had a reaction to the cervidil they used for the induction and had 2 days of painful non-labour contractions as my uterus was irriated before they broke my waters and labour started immediately - baby also turned OP the instant my labour started. They wouldn't let me push and didn't believe me when I told them I thought I was transitioning so DS1 was born in one push after 8 hours because his head was already out by the time they realised I was dilated enough to push.
DD2 - Prelabour started around 35 weeks and ramped up at 37w4d to regular period pain contractions every night for 3 hours. I was booked in for a c/section due to her being breech at 38w3d and 4 hours before my scheduled surgery, I woke up with a painful contraction at 2.00am. I sat on the couch to see if I had another one - 10 mins later my second contraction. Decided to see if I had a 3rd and waited another 10 mins for it. Had a shower while I decided whether or not I should go to the hospital and my contractions started coming on top of each other. Arrived at the hospital 25 mins later (45 mins after my first contraction) to find I was 9cm dilated. My waters never broke and I was rushed in for an emergency c/section.
DS2 - Prelabour started around 33 weeks - regular painful braxton hicks that kept me up from 3am - 9am most mornings. Booked in for a c/section at 38w3d and despite all the signs that labour might start on it's own, it didn't and 'elective' c/section went ahead.
DD1 - Labour began with irregular tightenings, pre labour stuff, high whole tummy action. No ROM until it was done in hospital.
DD2 - ROM first, with no labour, took 4-5 hours for labour to begin, another 3-4 for it to become established labour, then progressed through contrax intensity til birth.
ETA: Both were spontaneous, the first born at 41 +1 and the second at born 41 weeks exactly, but due to their lengths, means they actually started on the same gestation.
DS - 2 days overdue.. started with contractions 3pm in the afternoon.. waters were broken by midwife just before starting to push.. 11 hour labour.
DD - 3 days overdue.. waters broke at 3am... contractions started around 4am.. 16.5 hour labour.
This one.. im guessing 4 days over? though would be happy with any time now!
Well now I can say that yes they did both start the same way! Started losing the plug, then contractions started with DD1 that day, and with DD2 kept on losing more and more plug and contractions started 48hrs after I first noticed it. Only difference in the labours was DD1's was looooong 35+ hrs, very slow progress ending in c/s. And with DD2 I progressed a lot quicker and it was 10 hrs from very first contraction until she was born.
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Did your labour start the same each time??
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