I knew labour was imminent when.....

[Bradyboo]

I am very irritable, mucus discharge increased as have BHs so am thinking and hoping that labour is imminent. Did anyone else have signs that they were shortly going into labour?

[manchestermummy]

My maternity jeans fell apart, and I emptied the laundry basket for the first time in three years.

Good luck!

[debka]

They induced me at 42 weeks....

[kreecherlivesupstairs]

The day that my obstetrician and I had decided on came and DH drove me to the hospital for my elective section

[FrameyMcFrame]

I had a massive pooing session!

[rpickett]

I had mild contractions for 48hrs and a bloody show, they still sent me home from hospital, got back there a few hours later with less then an hour to spare before delivery.

[neolara]

The painter had finished painting the windows after 3 weeks of work and I turned to my husband and said "Well now the painter's gone, I guess the baby will arrive".

[WowOoo]

A show, waters breaking. Baby no.2 was here a day later.

Congratulations, you'll soon meet a delicious new baby!

[AbiAbi]

Increased BH, lots more back ache, horrendous mood swings...

[Sparklies]

My maternity leave started, 3 weeks before my due date - didn't even have one day off to myself!!

Also I had a nice nap thinking how maybe labour wouldn't be so bad after all so I finally felt a bit chilled about it all, and within an hour of waking up, my waters went and the rest was history..

[Quenelle]

Woke up with squeezing pains. They got progressively more painful within an hour or so. I had had a sweep though which the doctor said had clearly been very successful so was expecting it.

Good luck Bradyboo.

[Marjee]

I had no warning at all, just felt really tired that day and got annoyed with myself because I had loads of housework to do and couldn't motivate myself to do it! Went to bed that night and my waters suddenly popped and ds was born 4 hours later

[theborrower]

Had period like cramps for several days beforehand. The day I went into labour I had really crampy pains for a while in the middle of the night, but then had the best night's sleep I'd had in a while, so...? Later that day my contractions started, although for a while I thought they were braxton hicks even though they felt a bit different (for me they were a cross between bh and period cramps) and were every 5 minutes, like clockwork!

[eldritch]

When I found myself manically ironing table napkins (and haven't used them since!)

[clarabellarocks]

I could barely walk!! My latent phase beforehand (when I first went into hospital) was nothing! I thought that was it, I was sent home with painkillers. I returned the following night and the midwife smiled as she saw me grimacing down the corridor and said..."Ah yes, now this looks like we're on!".

[littleweed10]

my nesting reached a peak - embroidering our initials on the duvet in case they got lost at the cleaners.
yes so bored, I had to have the baby then...!

[ethelina]

Had a sweep at 8 days over and I was already 3cm dilated. No symptoms whatsoever. First contraction 10 hours later.

[JenaiMarrHePlaysGuitar]

I was just crouching down to put a new toothbrush in my hospital bag (Mum having insisted that I wouldn't have time to grab mine from the bathroom), felt a distinctive little "pop" and left a pool of amniotic fluid on my bedroom floor...

[Montifer]

With DS1 a stork (well actually it was a heron) flew over our house, waters broke early net morning

[RhinestoneCowgirl]

Both times it was when I just couldn't sit still watching a film. First time - Philadelphia Story, second time - Dirty Dancing .

[J33]

had no idea as i had no pain - my waters broke but still no contractions until about half an hour before DC born!! iknow i was very lucky.....

[TiredofTelford]

Waters went pop at one in the morning (four days early thanks to eating a pineapple after dinner!)

[MumNWLondon]

No idea .... got to hospital 2 hours before apologising it was probably false alarm

[greentig3r]

nesting like mad- i was going round touching up paintwork when my waters went. also got tearful a couple of hours before, for no real reason. Baby born 31hrs after waters broke.

[blueberryboybait]

Had a very energectic day, had booked haircut, organised to see a couple of new BF mums who needed advice - all for the next day. I went into to be monitored that evening- was sent home with a see you in 2 weeks and 2 hours later I was back and had DD within minutes of arriving.