Hiya Karina, I think its definately worthwhile hearing others stories so you can prepare your mind for things to come!

I was having strong BH's from around 36 weeks. At 38 weeks I would have series of contractions that would last a few hours and then go away for a few days. They usually started in my lower back and spread like a band across the top of my bump.

At 40 weeks I lost a show which was pretty yuck and I had contractions for hours after that.

My waters were broken as part of my induction which happend 16 days overdue. My contractions never progressed and I was induced with gel 3 times, then my waters were broken and I had a drip, but after 24 hours Matilda got a bit stuck so they took her out c/s.

I was told before that your waters are quite smelly & room temp, smelled sort of like semen