Did your second labour start the same way as your first?

[TheCuriousSofa]

DD1 arrived at 36+5 after my waters broke with a spectacular gush in the middle of a restaurant - just like on telly. I'd had no twinges, no BH, nothing.

Because she was early, I think I'd convinced myself in my head that second one would be too. I'm now all of 37+1 and seriously uncomfortable and fed up. I'm also slightly nervous as, after a brilliant c-section last time because DD was breech, I've been booked for another one - but am nervous about going into labour, not realising/getting fobbed off, and things progressing too far for it to be possible. So I want to be sure I recognise things starting - and I'm also driving myself nuts with every little twinge/unusual sensation, hoping that This Could Be It.

I've been getting mild BH for a few weeks now, and this one isn't breech, so things are already a bit different. Just wondering how similar (or not) other people found the start of subsequent labours?

Both mine started with waters breaking. First classed as PROM due to not going into active labour within 24hrs, so was put on the drip. Second time contractions started almost immediately after my waters went.
I was pregnant longer with baby 2, born at 39+6. Baby 1 born 39 weeks exactly. I fully expected to be earlier with 2nd baby too!

At least if that's how it goes again it'll be pretty unequivocal! I'm nervous about sitting around for too long thinking "is this it...?" Although it's probably unlikely I'd actually do that till I was at 5cm or whatever! I'm glad this one wasn't earlier - that would have been VERY early. But I'm really hoping I don't have to waddle around like this till 39+4, which is when my section is booked for!

No - the first one started with my waters breaking (although at home not in a restaurant!) whereas the second was just contractions which got stronger. Both were a week late so 39+4 doesn't sound too bad to me! Good luck OP!

Prom with dc1, on Friday the 13th which essentially set the tone for everything which followed. He decided to start attempting to vacate via my spine about 4 hours later and was eventually retrieved by emcs on the Tuesday morning.

Dc2 was meant to be an elective but decided that having some random doctor decide her birthday was not a good plan and I went into labour. Contractions were slightly different, not quite as painful and more in my pelvis than my spine and no Prom with her. In fact I was six cms when they fished her out and my waters hadn't broken.

My first pregnancy was induced at 36+3 and had them at 36+6 and I'm currently 37+6 so know exactly what you mean about feeling fed up. I was sure this baby would be similarly as early as the first pregnancy so feeling like I'm being hard done by this time!!

Hmm, sounds like it may well start differently then - but good to know you can get to 6cm and they'll still do the section!

My rational brain knew there was no guarantee this would be early. But I didn't really have to do any waiting last time - she was just here before it ever occurred to me she would be. It means I've been at least partially anticipating this one since about 36 weeks - and it turns out I'm not very good at waiting!

Yes. Overwhelming urge to clean followed 2 hours later by waters going. Both times exactly the same.

Well, I'll update my own thread, just in case anyone stumbles across it and finds it useful: No, in my case very different! DD2's head had been on uncomfortably on my cervix on and off for a week, and was pretty badly being feeling it down there on Sunday (16th). She'd dropped a day or two before and it was very uncomfortable. By Sunday evening it was starting to get uncomfortable at regular intervals and I thought I had about of a leak of fluids - although staff at the maternity assessment unit said I hadn't. They also said I didn't look like I was about to have a baby that night - at about 10pm. By 11pm I was vomiting and crying for pain relief, which I was miles away from with DD1 after waters going and several hours of mild contractions. Had the section at 1am, by which point I was 10cm, never having got past 1cm the first time round.

So that was different!

Congratulations!!