I've been having this for weeks, and bubs was due on 27th.

It's teasing me!!! some days i get it and then the next i don't. Little blighter shifts back up.

I'm about to go vacum the house to encourage some downward motion.

I didn't get anything with my first, just dull pain like period pain the night before.

If you are loosing fluid, and your not sure, when you put the pad on, have a wiff, amniotic fluid smells like sperm. But if your dehydrated that smell can carry through to your urine, as your body recycles the amniotic fluid.

as well as bowel movements being frequent, they should also be soft, but not the runs, it's how your body 'evacuates' before labour.

when I get my hopes up and think labour is starting, I check how often the tightenings are occuring, they need to be consistent and getting closer & closer together, and often increasing in severity, as they in crease they will probably take your breath away.

You may experience some pain in your back also.