Wow, this has been a long read!
This is my first post (and first day) on mn. I'm thrilled to have found it, and to have found other women due in nove (lo is due 11.11), but it's taken me ALL DAY to read this discussion. I guess that tells you that I don't have much to do atm
At 38 weeks, I've spent the last two weeks convinced that lo is just waiting to pop out! It gets a bit tedious, and I have no physical backup for the assumption - but I thought that once the crib was finally up I could mentally convince lo that it's time to come out. He's a no show for the moment ].
DH and I finally... rekindled passion... after two weeks and I was thrilled to not have back-aches afterwards, but also not so thrilled as I was hoping (just a little) to kickstart this labour I suppose the upside is more sex while we wait for lo.
To all those women who are experiencing on/off contractions and labour signs - you have my sympathy. I can only imagine the frustration of having all the important physical signs but that big one - los actually showing themselves!