Pip - sorry to hear about the polyhydraminos

Great that you've got an induction date booked! Not long to go at all!
TLH - sorry your family are being so unreasonable and childish

That's precisely why I wasn't going to let anyone know when i go into labour - i don't want to have to deal with constant texts and phone calls. Then I mentioned that to my mom and she's like "no, but you HAVE to tell us when you go into labour". So i said but I don't want the added pressure of everyone waiting for something to happen. We haven't really spoken about it since then. I'm just really hoping it all happens during the night becuase then dh will be there to take me to the hospital (my mother also insisted that if he's not around SHE'LL be the one taking me to the hospital - despite me having already made other plans), and also it will give us a reason for not letting anyone know that labour has started - it's bad manners to phone/text people after about 9 or 10pm. So i'm really hoping that's how it goes and then we have a good excuse without hurting anyone's feelings.
so when i went to the hospital yesterday they said the discharge/fluid on my liner was probably just from my cervix check the day before but im still having the same fluid/discharge in my liner all day today and tonight. it is brownish and has a strong odor to it that i only notice when i go to the bathroom and i feel like my contractions are getting stronger but i really dont want to go to the hospital because the nurses hurt me when they check my cervix and all they did when i was there yesterday was to see if it was amniotic fluid or urine and it wasnt either so they just discharged me instead of figuring out what it is. is that kind of discharge normal this far in pregnancy or could it be some type of infection? i havent had sex in months so i know its not anything due to that
I think some discharge, possibly brown tinged, might be normal, indicating the cervix is dilating. But there definitely shouldn't be a strong odour - that usually indicates some sort of infection. I think, as much as you don't want to, it might be better to go and get it checked. just to be on the safe side.
Alybel - oh wow, not long to go at all! so exciting!
AFM - 36 weeks today! Just one more week until full term and the stitch comes out!!!

Anything can happen at any time after that! And i doubt very much that i'll be waiting more than 3-4 days once the stitch is out. He may prove me wrong - dr says i might still walk around for another week or even 2, but based on how things feel now, I think this little man is ready to meet his mommy and i'm definitley ready to meet him!