i had my "show" on the thursday morning early , and by that night had contractions... I was waiting for ny water to break, naive....now I know... sometimes they dont break at all in labour

I was only just 38 weeks that day so I was convinced it wasnt real labour so I got DH to start setting up the change table , ( which we had problems with thats why it wasnt already together) and then we started hanging his clothes.

A few friends dropped in , I was on the ground at that stage on my hands and knees and decided to call my mum n mil to tell them I thought the labour was real...

I was in that labour until saturday night when the TRUE labour started and 12 hours later DS was born after 20 minutes pushing I didnt realise at all until the pain became too much to handle