Pre-labour

This is an out of interest question:

In our due in Aug thread, it seems most people are inundated with all kinds of signs and niggles that labour is on the way.   They are are having back pain, cramps, all sorts!

For me, other than baby being rediculously low, the odd braxton and the odd plug like glob (which have been coming for several weeks so nothing new there), I have nothing. Haven't had any aches pains or discomforts (other than struggling to reach my feet LOL).   My back is fine, I have no cramps nothing like the other ladies. People left right and centre stare and say I must be about to pop but that isn't really a symptom

Has anyone gone into labour naturally without a pile of signs and symptoms beforehand? Has my body forgotten it is pregnant LOL!?

Yip second time round I didn't really have anything. Baby was really low down from quite early on and apart from one false alarm st 37 weeks I didn't have anything until labour started.

I had no signs at all with either of mine. With #2 I didnt move out of bed for 36 hours before labour though, my body shut down!!! but no niggles or anything :)

rachndean wrote: I had no signs at all with either of mine. With #2 I didnt move out of bed for 36 hours before labour though, my body shut down!!! but no niggles or anything :)

Hehe now that I can relate to! I had so much energy last week and cooked and cleaned like a mad person but this weekend I've been so tired! Today after church I randomly decided we'd take DD to a movie as I was too tired to come home and play mum! After the movie I came home for a nap which I NEVERusually do. Planning a bath and early night which I also never do. However, I think that is just normal late-preggie tiredness!

I woke up in the middle of the night with contractions. I had no prior warning. So of course I didn't believe it was happening.

I had no prior warning (niggles or aches etc). Waters broke then she was here 4 hours after that

i had nothing at all. Until my waters broke at 36wks. And when i say nothing i mean i never felt braxton things, no waddle (think i was too early). he had dropped a bit but not that much. I wasnt even uncomfortable.

AriannesMum wrote: I woke up in the middle of the night with contractions. I had no prior warning. So of course I didn't believe it was happening.

Same here, plus it was 8 days early and everyone knows first babies come late. DD was born 6 hours after I first woke with contractions.

My waters broke with no warning in the middle of the night! I had no clue anything was brewing. I was given drugs to stop labour so who knows how soon things would have happened if I wasn't ... anyways once they stopped the drugs a week later he only took about 8 hours to arrive.