just wondering if period type pain is ussually present before labour begins. i have had what feels exactly like period pain for the last week or so, but today it has gotten a fair bit worse (nothing extreme though). and the other thing is that i had brownish discharge today, a reasonable amount, do you think this could have been the mucous plug?

i dont want to jump to any conclusions, but should i be at all worried about the slightly bloody (brown) discharge? the funny thing is that i dont want to go into labour as i am booked in for a c/section in 5 days. i guess i am being a little bit paranoid that it will happen before then.

so did anyone else have these period pains before labour, and if this was the mucous plug, how long can you go after that without labour beginning (i am probably just being silly, but feel free to ease my mind and tell me this is all nothing [-o< )