I often wonder if i had pre-labour.

I never had a show, except after a stretch i had which didn't work anyway...

My waters broke at 3am and ctx began right away but 12-15mins apart and not very painful. DD wasn't born until 6.20pm, but i wonder how one could say when i was no longer in prelabour and now properly in labour...? At 9am ctx were 40seconds long, about 9 minutes apart. At midday they were about 60seconds long, 5mins apart. At 2.30pm ctx were 60seconds long, every 4 minutes, i was 2-3cm dilated and 50% effaced. At 5pm ctx were 3 in 10mins for 60seconds. At 6.15pm i lay down for my second VE and DD was crowning.

Best of luck hun, it can happen all of a sudden or it can go on a long time, but i don't know ANYONE who had a long pre-labour AND a long labour - the girls who pre-labour for weeks always seem to shoot the baby out after only a couple of hours of hard labour.

Bx