Early/pre labour

[Toscacat]

Hi, I know no one can tell me but what did your early Labour feel like? With my first my waters broke first so that's easy but for last day or two I've just had mild cramping... No pattern to them and sometimes the cramps just stay. I'm 37+5 and now wondering if this is the slow start of things to come

I had latent stage labour for 2 weeks before so may be slightly different but in between my bouts of contractions I did have mild cramping - I just felt a bit like I do on the 2nd/3rd day of my usual period. Took paracetamol, used a TENS machine (baby was back to back so lots of cramping in my back too) and had some warm baths.

I had braxton hicks for ages probably from 34 weeks onwards, the only way I knew it was different when it was the real deal with dd2 was when they did become more regular. Paracetamol and warm baths help 😘 just try and get on and not dwell on them too much, if they’re stopping you from getting on with stuff that’s when they could be possibly more than twinges! X