Do all your labours usually start the same way?

[~clover~]

Not one of mine were the same in any way.

Dd1, waters broke about midnight, a leak. Contractions started slowly an hour or 2 later. Things slowly progressed from there.

Dd2, contractions on & off for about 20 hours. Bit of back pain. Things went from zero to 100 miles an hour in about 5 minutes! Lol. Waters didn't break. Had ARM about 20 minutes before she was born.

DS, 2 contractions the day before, then nothing at all.
Next morning woke to contractions, waters broke (more than a leak) about an hour later. 5 hours from start it was all over... I was in shock for a bit lol

Dd3 out of 12 hour labour, contractions for about 8 or 9 hours before waters broke. Leak again. Posterior birth!!! Splitting back pain!

All mine were born on weekends lol. Dd1 & DS on Saturdays, dd2 & 3 on Sundays.

All the younger 3 were in awkward positions & gave me incredible back pain, but dd3 takes the cake! (As is often the case )

ETA; my contractions with the boy & the baby never became regular. With both the girls they were, but with the little 2 I'd go anywhere from 2 - 7 minutes between contractions right at the very end.
Nothing like having that 7 minute break to be ripped out of your day dream by 3 on top of each other, lasting forever