Could this be early labour?

[arianasky]

Hello, I'm 38+1 today and had a few symptoms last night. TMI I had diarrhoea twice at 20:45 and 21:45 then was having braxton hicks that woke me about 1:30. Then at about 3 am I woke with contractions all in my back one every 4 minutes ish had diarrhoea again and tried to go back to sleep but each time I had a contraction it woke me. This morning it seems to have tailed off apart from the odd twinge and ache? I'm just wondering if this sounds like early labour? Thank you

Oh it could be! How are you getting on now @arianasky?

It definitely could be. It's quite common for the body to start "clearing out" before Labour. I always get violently sick beforehand. Either way I'm sure it won't be long. Be ready and rested if possible xxx

It could be. I had diarrhea over the weekend. Then light contractions and awful back pain all day Monday. Then my waters went at 3pm Tuesday and I had a baby 13 hours later.

Congratulations Wanda!

Thank you all, well I've had some more diarrhoea but no more contractions just twinges and braxton hicks so who knows x

Sounds very much like the start of my labours, I'm betting it could still be soon