how did you feel just before going into labour?

[clara123]

Hi,

Sorry, I hope you don't mind but I've just popped across from third tri. My question is, how did you feel just before going into labour (ie, in the few days leading upto). My waters broke on their own with my first and had no other signs, yet with this baby i've been getting a few signs, but don't want to read too much into them.

Any feedback would be great, thanks x

 

[Buffy71]

Hi hon. I got a bit of a dodgy tummy for a couple of days before, bh's were worse - particularly in the evening, and I swelled up (most attractively...) with an oceans load of water for about a week before. Woke up in the early hours with what I thought was a diorreah based backache (if you know what I mean - period pain sort if backache but feeling like I needed to pooh! Sorry tmi) but then realised it was my contractions starting.

Anyway - congrats and good luck sweety! Hope yours doesn't last the six days mine did!! Lol. Xxx

 

[charli89]

With mine i felt as though i had to go to the toilet all day! And was having non painful contractions which i obviously thought they were BH. Then the contractions just got more and more painful. I did wake up in the morning with a bad back. I went into the hospital at 11pm and was 3cm dilated then by 4am i was fully dilated and my waters broke and by 4:44am my LO was born, thought it was quite quick seeing as it was my first.

Good luck huni and congrats!!! xx

 

[pinktaffy]

i was in slow labor for a week and a half. i had a show on the thursday night. then had the odd cramp in my stomic was sick a few times aswell went to the hospital they told me i was 1 cm dialated. the following thursday same thig happend exactly had a show was sick abit had cramps, then was told i was 2cm dialated lol, then my waters finally broke on the sunday morning had her 13hours 50 mins later lol.

 

[clara123]

well i was sick on sunday/monday. i have previously been getting BH but now getting different pains, like really bad period pains but they're not in any particular pattern. got back ache. really bad head ache. and i know this sounds weird but i'm getting like a prickly sensation in my minnie- anyone had this? x

 

[eddjanuary10]

the only thing i had was alot of swelling around the ankles and legs for about a week. still, i was walking around the local shopping centre for 4 hours the day before i gave birth, i did feel a very heavy sensation down below as if babys head had moved right down! i finished packing my bag that night 'just in case' lol,and my waters broke 10mins after i went to sleep! good luck, see you over here soon

 

[Aunty E]

I had a sweep on monday morning, I was incredibly bad tempered all day, I thought I had indigestion in the evening and I got woken up by labour pains in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

 

[RedRose]

Good thread, cheers clara. Hope this is the start of it for you!

Can I add a question at this point? What were you doing the day you went into labour? Were you up and about or taking it easy? Nothing out of the ordinary?

 

[aimee-lou]

Am I allowed to just simply put KNACKERED!

I was keeping active - on my due date we were in Homebase buying supplies for the nursery and started the decorating. I think it was this that started me off as I was on my hands and knees painting skirtings at 2 days overdue! My labour started the next day.

I had been having convincing 'false labour' style BH's for about 2 weeks. I didn't have a show, and didn't have a clear out (wish I had as it's embarrassing otherwise! lol).

But - I couldn't sleep, lie down, sit down or walk comfortably. I just got on with it. The fact that I couldn't eat much more than a bowl of cereal at one time due to Earl being positioned directly underneath my stomach and kicking it constantly didn't seem to affect me too much either.

 

[jenny82]

hehe - I was ok. Just majorly pissed off with everything and everybody!

I went into labour around midnight, and that whole day I was out shopping, out for lunch, made a really nice dinner, had a glass of wine (on the insistence of my yoga instructor!) and ate an entire pineapple. I just felt sick from the pineapple - then BOOM! - baby come

 

[Sekhmet]

I didn't notice anything at all. I actually saw the GP on Thursday evening (I was 38+6), and he told me he thought I was only 1/5 engaged and that he could give me no idea of when I'd go into labour. The very next morning, I woke up to my waters leaking and a lot of BH contractions (at least, that's what they felt like), and went into proper labour later that day. (Lily was not born until Sunday, however! )

Come to think of it, I could not sleep Thursday night, even moreso than usual. No idea whether that was related.

 

[CormacksGirl]

hehe - I was ok. Just majorly pissed off with everything and everybody!


I was like this, all day, had no idea why just felt off!! Went to bed at 12:45 sunday morning then woke at 4am when my waters broke and contractions atsrted right away, was in labour for 35 hours and had Adam day before due date!!!! Apart from being crabby on the Saturday I had no other symptoms at all!!! Good luck hun, hope this is it!!!!

 

[clara123]

i've been a bit p*ssed off too- my dog was breathing on me yesterday and i just couldn't hack it. i felt very claustrophobic and needed space as everything was winding me up! x

 

[emilyjade]

i just felt like i needed a poo TMI! then i got really really hot and then my waters broke had a 2nd show ambulance got here then had him at half 9 and that all went off in 2 hours and a few mins from start to finish lol xxxxx

 

[Mrs Dot]

I had a sweep because I was 6 days over but I had more ahem, bowel movements and a show before that. I felt really really tired too. Probably because I was stuck in the house with the heating on full whack because of the snow at that time, and was scared to leave the house in case I slipped and fell! Hopw things get moving soon hun

 

[sweetlullaby]

I had a sweep on my due date and lost my mucus plug that night. The next night I was 40 miles from home walking around eating mcdonalds and shopping. The sunday I was in argos buying a wii fit balance board for christmas. Came home watched the x factor final Felt completly fine. Went upstairs around 10.30pm and decided to start wrapping christmas presents was wrapping them until 1am then went to bed but felt really excited and couldn't sleep and LO was wiggling like mad then 2.10am contractions started.

Sounds like you don't have long to go! Good luck!!

 

[Cattia]

I felt rubbish for a coupleof days before, I felt as though I was coming down with flu or something, and didn't want to be around anyone. After that I started getting really bad BH especially in the evening. I also had a show but it wasn't what I thought it would be, I expected mucous but mine was just pinky / brown discharge (sorry if TMI!) Good luck, I hope it all goes smoothly. Whenever I see posts like this I get a sort of nervous / excited feeling just thinking about going into labour for some reason!

 

[Lozziepop]

I just generally felt rubbish, my bump felt like it was going to pop and was weighing me down, and the day before I went into labour I saw my midwife and she was checking baby's position and suddenly looked at me funny and said "have you been having any tightenings" to which I said no and she looked puzzled. Then after she left I felt really achey in my bump.

Lo and behold in the middle of the night my waters broke
I still blame my midwife for that I was 2 weeks early

 

[Kte]

I started getting pains / cramps on the Tuesday but LO didn't arrive until the following Sat. I was in labour and in the hosp on Fri night though.

I was walking around but couldn't sit very well towards the end and defo couldn't sleep. The pains were irregular at first, they were 15 mins or so apart and didn't last a full min at first. It wasn't until later on the Friday that they were regualr and lasting a min or so.

I got a show on the Wed and then my waters started leaking on Friday morning, they didn't fully break.

Hope that helps - good luck

 

[florabean1981]

i felt very tired, but completely unable to sleep or get comfy, so i kept very active, cleaned the bathrooms, cooked some dinner, changed all the bedding etc... I was irritable due to lack of sleep so i got up n went on Facebook & at 2:15am, i decided i would moisterise my tummy then try to go back to bed... instead, as i was rubbing the cream on, my waters broke... I then felt really giddy & girls & excited, then puked, then was literally glued to the loo (gross) for the nexdt couple of hours. At 4am I started geting some contractions, went to the mat unit to get checked over, got sent home, then readmitted when i was 3mins apart at 9am... he didnt get his butt out till 9pm, lol.