How did you feel before labour started?

[Lafoosa]

I'm 37+5 and my body has been clearing out all week as well as having some pretty gnarly BH.

Today I've been just really down in the dumps for no reason at all, and my motivation has up and left. I'd been nesting so much for the last 2 weeks and now I can't be bothered with anything 😅

I've had a few mild BH tonight, but nothing that's regular. I know it's still early at 37+5 but at this stage I think we all think everything is it 😂 or at least hope. I gave birth early in my last pregnancy so I'm probably getting my hopes up thinking I'll have that again this time.

Did anyone else just feel really emotional before they went into labour? Or have my hormones finally got the better if me today? 😅

I felt emotional most of the time tbh.

I was absolutely fine, then it started.

Sorry I am no help!

Restless, I couldn't settle and I didn't want anyone near me. I did a lot of cleaning and walking and rearranging of kitchen cupboards.

I was rude to the midwife when she tried to persuade me to go in for a sweep. I think I did the human equivalent of snarling and warning people off my patch. .

Is it like that?

I was booked for an elective section due to large baby but ended up going into labour on my own 6 days before and had an emergency section….. anyway as this was my first baby I had no real clue but looking back the two days before I went into labour I honestly felt like I had bloody narcolepsy. If I sat down for 10 mins I fell asleep !!! I did have quite severe pelvic Girdle pain in pregnancy so didn’t feel much different pain wise but the exhaustion was literally like nothing I’ve experienced! Everyone’s different I suppose.

Following this just in case 🤣

With my first I had no symptoms at al that labour would be starting any time soon, body cleared out at 8, ate half my curry and was sick, came back ate the rest, waters broke at 12 and he was here 27 hours later. No BH, no extra discharge or mucus, nothing!

I'm currently 38+4 and I've had what I think is BH, terrible heartburn even though I'm on medication for it, it's just not working like it use to, loss of parts of my mucus plug, period pains for the last week with back ache.
I had belly ache last night, had to waddle to the toilet, body cleared out, but no baby yet😩