signs/symptoms a week before giving birth?

[AMAS86]

Just curious as to what symptoms yall had. I feel like a newbie because I have had so many signs but no baby yet Please share yours

 

[mara16jade]

I gave birth at about 38 weeks (I say about because the doctors think I was 37w3d and I think I was 38w3d lol...anyways).

A week before, I had my plug coming out in itty bitty little pieces and some (tmi) clear outs. The biggest clue were my dogs though. Omg they wouldn't leave my side, and would just stare at me! The day before my water broke, I felt awesome! Lol So much energy and seriously felt great.

Best of luck!!

 

[Lauraxamy]

I didn't really get any clues until I was actually in labour.
I was induced with my first and I literally had no symptoms before she was born apart from on/off contractions which started about two weeks before she was born.
With my son he was born at 5:17am and the morning before that I started to get contractions that weren't regular, that afternoon I started to lose my plug and by that night quite a lot of it had come away but I went to bed that night as normal in no pain, I then woke up at around 12:30am with quite strong contractions then as I said he was born at 5:17am so it happened quite quickly.

 

[SmartieMeUp]

I didn't have any a week before other than dropping, then even more so on due date.

I had no tell tale signs on my due date (12th), but on my nephews birthday (14th) I was having twinges on the bus journey to MIL's, then felt heavy all day. Came home in a 4x4 and I was having sharp pains and strong twinges along the way. I knew I'd go into labour at some point that night. I was on my ball as soon as I got home, went for a long walk through park with OH at 10pm, then came home to DTD (literally forced OH lol). 4am (15th) my labour started and had her at 11:14pm (16th). Exhausting labour.

 

[JT2013]

Started loosing mucus plug 5 days before waters broke and did the cliche of manic tidying the day before!

 

[Kelx44]

I gave birth at 38 weeks and my first clues was horrible lower back pain kinda like contractions for about 4 days before I gave birth, It normally started in the evening and slowly went away during the day...Then bits and pieces or muscus plug came out....then I knew something was going to happen very soon. When some of the plug came out in the morning I went into labor late that night

 

[MrsKChicago]

Following along because I really hope I get a little warning before labor starts!

 

[sarahrae11]

I am in your same boat, 37 weeks, and waiting for signs of labour.. my Midwife said it could be soon as I also had my son around this time.

With my son, I recall about 2 days before waking up in the middle of the night with cramping, I sat on the couch for a few hours and it went away. FALSE LABOUR..

The next day I felt fantastic.. I remember staring at a stain on the carpet and then deciding to scrub it off with a spray and wash ... next thing I knew 2 hours had passed and I had scrubbed the entire carpet by hand. I looked up and my boyfriend was filming me doing it.

We had sex that night and about 4 hours later contractions started.. they were very mild and sporadic in the beginning but they kept going the whole day and turned into the real deal.. I had my son the next morning

 

[Kassy]

I was having contractions for over a week on and off. Apparently slow labour does happen and it's pretty common.

 

[fxmummyduck]

Had quite a few clear outs!! Sorry tmi, I felt sick which aparrently is caused by the hormones and I had a full blown false labour with contractions every few minutes for a couple of hours, then very sporadically. It all stopped and then went into labour a week later. I can't remember anything else, except his head feeling extremely low!