After re-reading what I just wrote, there are a few similarities with my two labours.
- My waters spontaneously broke at home with both our girls
- both labours started and ended during the day (one AM and one PM)
- DD1 came at 38+5 and DD2 at 38+4
- active labour was quite different though

DD1
- mild contractions for about an hour from 6-7am
- waters broke around 7.20am
- contractions were instantly 5 mins apart
- arrived at the hospital by 9am and contractions were 3 mins apart by then
- tough posterior labour with over an hour of pushing
- DD1 was delivered with the vacuum at 3.10pm


DD2
- lost a lot of plug that morning but no contractions, niggles, nothing!
- waters broke while vacuuming around 2pm
- only 2 mild contraction between 2 and 3.30pm and nothing really at all registered when I was monitored in the birth suite and was only 3cm dilated
- mild back pain started just after 3.30pm, midwife suggested a walk
- first major contraction hit around 3.50pm and they were instantly 3 minutes apart
- returned to the birth suite at 4pm in agony, contractions were on top of each other.
- DD2 was born 37 minutes later and only took about 3 pushes

So for me I can't imagine my waters not breaking spontaneously, going into labour at night or going into the 39th week! Lol. Time will tell when we have a third I guess