Forshelby. My pre-labour was very painful too, it was very draining. For me though, I don't feel pre-labour is 'real' labour, simply because there was no baby coming at the end of it, if that makes sense. Early labour is the beginning of the baby actually arriving, that's 'real'...for me. That's just how I feel about it and I'm sorry my words upset you. For what it's worth, pre-labour and early labour are different things, and seeing as your bub was posterior and you had a slow water leak, you sound like you were stuck in early labour for all that time, which is very very common with posterior babies. My friend recently went through the same thing, waters broke, on and off contractions for 2 days before being induced to get things moving. It was extremely exhausting for her and I imagine very different to pre-labour. Anyway, I'm sorry you felt offended by my post.