Had really good prelabour for about 2 weeks before I was induced - it started about my due date and I was induced term +11days. I was basically going into labour every 2 days or so in the middle of the night from about 1am through to about 3-4am. The contractions were solid and steady, and would then peter away to nothing an hour or two later.
I had my show about term+7days through to the induction.
Turns out Jenna was posterior, and what can happen is when bubs is in the wrong position, labour will actually stop. I think this is what happened for me, cause when I was induced (just one lot of gel) everything happened very quickly dilation wise, and then it all stopped again once I was fully dilated. She was forceps delivery because she just didn't want to come out.
Prelabour is THE WORST thing in the world to inflict on an overdue mum-to-be!!!

Fi