Question about prelabour and subsequent pregnancies

[Santosha]

I can't really answer your question as this one's obviously not out yet, but to say that I've had three VERY different pregnancies in terms of end-stage:
DD - no prelabour, PROM and spontaneous, but gradually building labour from about 12 hrs later
DS - prelabour over night and for a few hours in the morning... a few hours of silence followed by a ROM and a very forceful and unmistakable onset of labour
BUMPY - two hours of prelabour each night, most nights for almost a week... just enough to really F with my sleep... then nothing. No show. Lots of BH in the evenings but no sign that baby is imminent. So who knows?!

Feeling for you Love. The unknown factor is the hardest. Sending you lovely, happy spontaneous labour vibes. xox

Maybe watch some birth vids? I just watched Bella29's again (on Documenting Delight blog if you search Belinda Birth). Made me happy and hopeful... and cry a bit too!

[Arimeh]

Thanks guys. I know I should relax and not consider the what ifs but its hard when the what ifs have previously happened you know?

I hate feeling like this, hopefully I'll be in a more positive mood tomorrow.

[Rowellen]

I had zip until my waters broke and DD arrived 2 hours later. She was 7 days late. I was having BH but I could barely feel them. I was 2cm dilated on DD's due date when my ob did a S&S. I also had no pre-labour with DS. His labour started with contractions that built up slowly. He was 11 days late. BH with him were a bit more noticeable but not enough to make me wonder if they were "real" contractions IYKWIM.

[raffy]

I've only had the two but with DS1 I had prelabour for weeks and with DS2 I woke up at 7am surprised as anyone else that I was in full blown labour both born naturally

[Arimeh]

Did you do anything differently? I took some homepathic stuff both times with DD2 and DD3, all the time, from 36 weeks, but this time I've been pretty slack at taking a different homepathic stuff - and only started from 38 weeks, and not every day because it makes me feel a little sick (I have reflux and when I burp it comes back up and it tastes like vomit so it makes me feel sick lol)

I'm wondering if thats the difference - I'm not taking stuff to prepare my body, so maybe my body isn't preparing.. so to speak...

[Dansta]

With Dj had nothing untll labour started at 10 days late he was born on day 11.
With vic nothing, lost some plug for a week but BH or anthing. no. then woke up and with in 10mins hit transition. after a cruddy night sleep! fingers crossed this bub make their exit soon for you!