Leesha, I could have written that post! My first two were born 2 1/2 weeks early and once labour started it didn't stop. First labour was about 9 hours and second was about 3 hours.

With my latest DD I had two lots of prelabour with mild contractions about 6-10 minutes apart, that eventually fizzled out to nothing. I was also losing bits of my mucus plug for about 2 weeks and like you it was generally very light pink or just opaque white. Just before 39 weeks I started having some very mild contractions in the late evening. They started coming every 3-4 minutes but were still really mild but that was when I realised it was the real deal. I had about 2 hours of the mild prelabour, then the active labour hit strong and fast. I was only in active labour 1 hour and 45 minutes and my daughter was born in three pushes. Once it all started it definitely went fast. If your other two labours were fast, then I would suggest heading to the hospital (if that's where you plan to give birth) as soon as you think you might really be in labour. I wouldn't have made it to the hospital is there had been traffic (it was 3am on Monday morning) and had only been there 10-15 minutes when DD arrived. Midwives tend to not realise how fast my babies are coming and don't call my Ob in time, and he missed both my daughter's births. That was fine by me though because I got to deliver then both myself. With DD2 the midwives never even touched me or her even when she came out with the cord around her neck (which I just calmly unlooped myself). It was lovely