I am due Jan 12th, so am 35 weeks. I was fully expecting to go to term/slightly overdue as most first-timers tend to. But then I was speaking to my mum and she said she was a week early with both me and my bro and that my grandma was always at least 4 weeks eraly with all six of hers.
I have felt completely fine all through my pg but suddenly this last week I feel like shit! I have sciatica, my back REALLY aches and I'm getting what I assume is SPD, my "fanny-bone" really hurts when I lift or open my legs. I am getting almost constant braxton hicks when I do ANYTHING and last week I had a day where I was literally sodden down below for most of the day and whilst the MW assured me it was normal discharge I can't help thinking it was a show/fluid or something. Plus, after having been constantly constipated I have now got a constantly upset stomach and am getting period-like pains on and off. Oh and I am KNACKERED.
My mum is convinced I'm going to go into labour soon as she said she got all this kind of thing just before she did. I'm not so sure, though the change in how I've been feeling has been quite dramatic and this has all come on rather suddenly. My baby is larger than average from the fundal measurements (approx 2.75 kg at 34 weeks) and last time I saw anyone head was down but not engaged.
What do y'all think? Is this just shitty late pregnancy and I've just been lucky up til now and have got 5 more weeks of this? What were your signs that labour was on the way? Oh and sorry for not posting this in pregnancy but I want to hear from people who actually know what it's like to go into labour.