Before labour

[taylz12]

Hey girls,

Did any of you experience anything before you went into labour apart from the obvious, waters going, the show etc??

I'm due soon and I've been feeling under the weather for the past 2 days, headachy, lethargic, very low energy levels and I'm swollen.

Did you guys have any of these symptoms before you went into labour or anything similar?

Can't really answer your question as I'm 39+3 but if you're swollen and have a headache (and generally feel unwell) it might be worth calling your maternity assessment unit, they're two symptoms my midwife is always on at me
to keep an eye out for as they can be symptoms of preeclampsia x

With hindsight I just felt like I was getting my period, but as I was only 36 weeks I thought it was my body gearing up for labour in a few weeks rather than the real deal. That morning my plug started to go so I phoned triage and they said it'd probs go over the next week or so, but I felt fine other than like I was coming on my period and it was only as we were going to bed (after putting up baby furniture, cooking dinner etc) that I realised they might be contractions. I also started really needing to poo around that point. A few hours later my baby was here. My waters didn't go until just before they told me to start pushing btw.

I'd give triage a call if you're worried and see, but likely even if you are in latent labour there's nothing they can do until you get further along or your waters go, which is also apparently when the clock starts ticking.