Also, my second topic I wanted to discuss lol...was when do I know pre labour has started? I know I've been having lotsa BH (see other post) but today my lower tummy is really achey and sore, although no pattern at all. Baby is moving well and apparently fairly much engaged. The pain feels a bit like annoying period pain.

Please tell me this is it and I shall have a baby in my arms very soon lol.

Ah that's all very interesting. These pains are not regular, are coming and going but definately intensify when I move around. That's the lower down in tummy ones. The higher up ones that come and go of their own accord seem to be BH tightenings I think?

Jeez  don't know. But either way do you think I'll be having her this weekend or is she going to last till the 16th May lol.

This is great, getting all these interesting replies!

Haven't had my show yet. Just my tummy is now feeling rock hard adn a bit sore just about all the time...and the period type cramps come fairly regularly but no pattern...and they get worse if I move around. My lower back is also very sore now.

I'm having another scan tomorrow to see if the fluid around the baby is still low....then the mw has indicated I might be induced. I'm hoping to avoid this and that the baby is going to decide she's not comfy in there now so will come out lol. They're still not sure if I"m leaking fluid so my doing stuff like having a bath orsex to bring on labour is probably not a good idea at this point.

Either way, yesterdays scan indicated baby is nice and bonny (8.8lb- 9.1lb)  so is unlikely to be a prem wee thing lol. I was also hoping this might be a mitigating factor in her early arrival!!

Hi ladies

Well I had a nice hot shower earlier this evening and it helped a little but didn't keep the pains away....they're definately worse when I move around but still just very very uncomfortable as opposed to OMG I can't move . Baby is moving quite a lot too and feels like she's trying to grab my bladder and pull herself out lol. The pain is *almost* in the front of my thighs too at times...but def lower down in the tummy. My back is getting progressively sorer too although we did just go adn do the groceries- not that I lifted anything or walked very fast, just hobbled- but boy oh boy it was talking to me when I got home! That pain has subsided a little but generally feeling a little achey actually.

Hope this leads onto the real thing! Guess the scan tomorrow will help cnfirm things for us anyway.

Urgh woke up this morning after a nights sleep being interupted by some wicked sharp pains centred around my belly button area!  WTF is that? Not cramps- like sharp pain. Also had BH and the odd lower tummy cramp but no pattern I could see. My back is feeling a lot better but then I guess I"ve only been up for 20 minutes lol.

Overall not feeling too flash at all, quite nauseous and am still *&^%^ leaking something...so am glad I'm having my scan this morning, a quite worried about this fluid around baby. I guess the mw will tell me all this when she gets the results but  if the fluid hasn't increased and/or is lower, would you go for an induction (given bubs is term and a good size) or wait it out for labour to start 'naturally'?

Well- an update. Just back from the scan and the fluid level has increased 3cm..dunno how that happens but there we go. So is within good normal boundries now. I'm happy about that although haven't spoken to mw yet about it. I assume because it's increased that I won't be induced?

The BH seem to have quietened down a bit today but I'm still feeling exhausted and off colour, and the pain comes and goes esp when I'm moving around.

I hope everyone is right adn that I am close. I know every single pg woman must go through this tiredness and sick of being pg and in pain.....but part of me was really wanting a solid answer today of is this baby coming out now or not?!  Now I guess it's a waiting game.

Ooooh stacey yo've geven me hope that baby might still be here sooner rather than later hun! Thank you!  It's nice to 'see' you again too btw....how are you?

I've just had a 2 hour nap...still feel exhauted but a bit better. Baby is def feeling less kicky last 24 hours than previously..not in a scary 'can't feel her way', just like she's slowed down IYKWIM?

I don't kno what this pain is that I keep gettng across my tummy button area is though...it REALLY hurts and is like a sharp pain, it goes after a while, feels nothing like a cramp and is mainily after I've been lying down for a while. Maybe it's trapped wind or something (eeeww).

Sigh. lol.