Hi All,
I'm 40 weeks and 1 day pregnant - argh!!!! Yesterday on my due date my obs did a stretch and sweep and as this is my second pregnancy he said I was a couple of centimetres dilated. He also said my cervix was very soft and expects that i would go into labour very soon. That was yesterday at 1pm and it is now 36 hours later and nothing! I've had some spotting and a slight "show" yesterday, and also some cramping and contractions about 10 mins apart, but everything stopped about 8.30pm last night. This morning I woke at 4am with bad period pain in my lower back, so got up and started having contractions or braxton hicks about 10 mins apart again, quite strong and then they stopped at 8.30am! Is this normal? Last pregnancy I got induced 2 weeks over and never had all of this. I have actually been having braxton hicks quite strongly now about 10 mins apart on and off for about 2 weeks. I'm really hoping to not get induced this time. Any ideas??