How did your labour start? eg, cramps, waters breaking, contractions etc?

[ilikeyoursleeves]

I am 39+2 and fed up waiting! Just wondering what all your experiences were when your labour kicked off, did you...

a) have contractions
b) have your waters break out of the blue
c) have period like cramps
d) have loads of Braxton Hicks
e) have a show
f) anything else?

Cheers!

ds arrived at 37+5. Waters broke in a very impressive fashion (sort of assumed would be trickle but was more like a flood) at 0930. Slight contractions but nothing major until about 1400. Got very odd sensation & went to loo where I had diarrhoea, show & was sick in fairly rapid succession. Contractions kicked in quite seriously from 1430 with a particularly memorable constant contraction after it was suggested I had a bath (currently 21 weeks pregnant & keeping well clear of all water when the time comes) ds then born at 1730.