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I Know this questions has been asked a million times - but i ask again :)
Did anyone notice anything specific that birth was just around the corner ?? My mum mentioned that with my sister she had a feeling something was up , that and diarrhea..
so anyone else? any other signs ?
I had the runs the day it started as well but because I was still a few weeks off my due date it didn't really register that it could be labour starting....until that night when my water broke!
With Jake, BH contractions got more painful, and i lost my plug, and had loose bowels for about 1 day..
bad diarrhoea for a day & 1/2 during which time lost my plug. Contractions. Waters broke the next night.
Hi, I lost my mucus plug about 1 week before hand. On the mon I had tightenings all day but no pain like I had had with the braxtons. Tue I went to ob appt, bubs wasnt moving at all that day, she sent me for a trace. Wed morning went to the toilet and then my waters broke while getting back into bed. Ob was suprised to see me, I was 3weeks early. I didnt have loose bowels or anything. Best to call the hosiptal if you arent sure about feelings you are having. I was adv that when having pains if I was suddenly feeling the urge to do a pooh (to push), that I should get straight to hospital. All the best, look forward to reading the birth announcement.
Love
Hi enigma, how exciting, not long to go now!!
I was 9 days overdue when I noticed some 'twangs' around my stomach and uterus. I cant really explain how they felt, but I remember I was driving and I was getting them about every 15mins and they made me squirm in the seat! I was induced the next day and I was 1cm dilated before they applied the gel, so they must have been doing something! I never felt anything like BH contractions up until that day.
i started this thread, and now im in a position to answer my own question ;)
Right before labour i lost my plug and had light bleeding... right up until I gave birth :) oh! and i was leaking amniotic fluid , in tiny amounts .. which made me think it wasnt fluid
Must be different for everyone. I had no signs at all until I had tummy pains (contractions as it turns out) every 8 minutes. I didn't believe it was labour as I had no other signs (even though I was a day overdue). After an hour they were coming every 5 minutes and luckily DH recognised what was going on. 7 hours later DS was born.
Melanie
Same here Melanie, nothing else except, I woke in morning with period pains every 3 mins that pregressively got worse throughout the day (the whole time 3 mins apart)... I did have a slow amniotic leak too, but I already knew then that I was well on the way to real labour!!!
i knew that labour was on its way 1 because i started feeling sick and was vomiting alot. and 2 because my mother-in-law came over and the expretion on her face told me that something was gonna happen. thats all that happened to me.
Whilst I was pregnant I was desperate to discover signs to alert me of labour commencing. For me, I noticed my hip joints (which I had problems with ever since week 20) became even more loose, making it difficult to walk about 24 hours prior to labour. That was about it.
Ok, I bumped this up a little while ago because I was desperate for signs, lol. Before I went into labour last Monday night, I was completely over it. I mopped the floor by "walking" a wet towel over it - a relative had told me this worked for her. I did this at about 9pm. At 11 I went to go to sleep and felt some light pains, but thought they were BH. Then all of a sudden my water broke - just a trickle (I thought it may have been a show until I checked).
Also, earlier in the afternoon I had sharp pains in my lower right side ( I posted about them in 3rd tri gen discussion). I wondered if it was appendicitis, but no - just a baby ;)
I have had a "feeling" something is going to happen for about 3 weeks, so I feel like a bit of a dill now!!!!
I have been nesting for 3 weeks and have done 3 "big shops" to keep DH and Charlie and Liv going whilst I am in hosp.....the girls at my local Coles just laugh at me.......
Am leaking HUGE amounts of CM, have had contractions that seem "a long way away" but still nothing......
I have had an "prediction" on Monday/Tuesday.........
Haha my prediction? Tuesday :D
This house is getting a total clean tomorrow JIC I go into labour on Monday night/Tuesday.........SIL is coming here to look after Olivia and Charlie and I am wanting it to be clean and lovely for her...........so think of me hoovering and mopping tomorrow based on your prediction Danni!
*bump*
I've never been through labour but thought i would read this JIC it does start and i don't know what i should look out for.
I've had the odd bit of dirrehea (sp?) and last night I've been getting the odd period like pain and also not felt the baby move much.
The Thursday night i had so much CM leaking out i actually thought my waters had gone. But it stopped after an hour or so. I also had tightenings which made me say "oh" although i can't say they were painful, just somehow stronger BH. The Friday i was in daycare monitoring at the hospital and mentioned it. THey checked and no leak and no real contractions. That night i had an action replay except my waters DID break, at 3am, and my mild contractions got stronger and more painful. Bubs came 6.20pm on Saturday.
Hana
OOOh GL Michelle.....
Thanks Tracey.
It could be nothing but at least i have my u/s today and will know if i have much fluid around the baby and i get to see the Dr at the hospital tomorrow.
I keep hoping i go in to labour and get to the hospital just in time to push the baby out so i don't have to have a c-section.
Well I'll keep my fingers crossed for you Michelle... If you do go into labour stay at home as long as you possibly can coz then they tend to not intervene!!!
OOOOh so exciting!
Good luck Michelle!
Well my signs...I had nothing, no bh, no waters breaking, *maybe* some of my plug came - the biggest thing in hindsight was that I was a right crank the night before. I was such a cow. We were at my parents for dinner and I was making all these snide comments about dh (we're young, so we still dob on each other to our parents), in the end everyone was just ignoring me. But I went into labour (contractions 8mins apart) about 2:30 that morning!
With Elyse, I think I remember being restless the day before she came - I wanted to get out of the house and do something! Felt no contractions, no loose bowels, nothing! We went out visiting that evening, and I didn't sleep well at all that night. Finally fell asleep around 5:30 (still not feeling anything!) and woke up one hour later with contractions 5 minutes apart. There was also bloody show then, so I knew that this was the real thing, and a couple of hours later my water broke. Elyse was born at 1:25 that afternoon - 7 hours of labour from start to finish, one day after her due date. :)
With Marieke, I had a sore back and PMS pain for about a week before she came. I was sick and tired of being pregnant, and had VERY sore hips and pelvis. I remember crying when I was doing the dishes the evening before she came, because everything was so sore, and I was so tired. :crying: Lots of BH contractions, with her. But no other signs. I woke up at 1:30am that night, went to the bathroom and noticed bloody show, and contractions started 5 minutes apart (funny, but they felt "better" than the BH, because I could tell that they were doing something!). Got Elyse out of bed and brought her to DH's mom and dad's house by 3:00am, and went to the hospital. Marieke was born at 8:45, again, about 7 hours of labour. She was born 1 week before her due date.
So the only consistant sign that I had, that labour was about to start was the show, but by then, things were pretty much under way!
oh labour! I envy all you pregnant ladies out there!!
I had the flu when I went into labour so its hard for me to tell if this was because i was going into labour or because I was sick, but I was nauseous and had mild diarrohea the day before. Bub was only partly decended when I went into my labour, the first real sign I had was my waters breaking. They broke in lieu of my contractions, a good 14 hours before I felt anything. I was sitting on my bed and i blew my nose, and they just gushed out everywhere! I thought i'd pee'd myself so i tried to stop the flow but i couldn't, so i put my hand over myself and ran to the bathroom LMAO. I had to buy a new matress.
Afternoon ladies,
Am pregnant and was just ready early sign, as I have 3 weeks left and this is 4th baby. All other bubs have been 41weeks+ so am not expecting early arrival.
However within the last hr now, I have been getting lost's of tightings where I have to wiggle in seat, and some grab something 'cos of shock of quick pain feel. However these are not lasting long prob 30-40 sec, I can also feel bub's moving...
I rung hospital and they told me to go in water breaks, or have show or if pain get's to much to bear, but I have some much to get done before the babies arrival, not including today list of general stuff. Also not ready mental, I thought I have 3-4 more weeks of waiting before I had to go through so much pain...
Anyway I better go and get some washing folded, grocery put away, and vaccuming done just in case...
the night B4 labour started with DD i couldnt stop swaying i just felt so uncomfy. we were at my nephews 1st bday party and everyone kept tellin me u will go over everyne goes oevr with their first. then we had a 18th to go to we pulled up and i got out of the car and just started crying and wanted to go home. got home just didnt feel right tossed and turned all night. woke up the next morning had constractions 10 min apart all day not too painful so we went fishing til they got closer and stronger lol.