If discomfort doesn't start till late in pregnancy, could it mean you're in for a late baby?

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I'm bored, been awake since 4am and this question is praying on my mind. I'm 37+2 and I've not really had much discomfort in my pregnancy yet. Last night I had rib pain which was remedied by leaning over my birthing ball. Waking at 4am to wee and not getting back to sleep has happened a couple of times in the last 2-3 weeks but mostly I manage to either get back off to sleep for another few hours or I sleep about 5-6hrs in one block which is enough for me.
I think the reason I couldn't get back to sleep today isn't because of the pregnancy but because I've helped organise a friend's late notice wedding which is happening tomorrow (and was only booked 5 weeks ago!) and I'm thinking about if there's anything I've missed (realised I'd forgotten about the wishing well poems so I got up to sort that out). Anyway, have church and room decoration later on today and then a whole host of little wedding jobs tomorrow before the ceremony at 3pm.
But I digress. I'm wondering if I'm now classed as full term and I'm not really suffering yet, could this mean that the baby will be really late? I have family from abroad staying with me from 19-29th Dec and would be a shame if DC doesn't put in an appearance before then.
Has anyone else stayed quite comfortable up until term and had their baby early? Surely it's the discomfort the baby is in that makes it try to get out but if I'm not in discomfort, I'm sure baby isn't.

I'll watch with interest as I have felt pretty OK until I hit 37 weeks and suddenly now suffering from:

• Heartburn
• Restless legs
• Insomnia
• Swollen ankles
• Right stroppy bitch-ness
• Stretchmarks - itchy too!

None of the above I even had hints of before 37 weeks (except mild stroppiness)

I had very little in the way of discomfort at all, just constant nausea all the way through and variable BP, and my baby arrived at 40+9 so make of that what you will.

I hope not . I'm 40+1 and really have had an easy pregnancy (apart from sickness) and not really struggling at the moment . Not got to the uncomfy I want this baby out stage people talk about .

I'm 39 wks and apart from my hips starting to hurt I've been the luckiest person ever with no sickness tiredness or other significant symptoms though now he's dropped I am maaaaaasive all of a sudden.

god I hope they not linked Ive been off work a week and will have to go until 21st if they induce me I will go spate by then. My parents arrive on 15th for pre xmad visit would need such a shame for them to miss baby.

i'd say not. I've been in pain for most of my pregnancy but in the past week or so I've been feeling much better and having virtually no pain (maybe baby dropped?). I'm 37w 4d.
i think maybe it is getting harder to sleep though -not that it was ever easy, but not from pain, just a more general insomnia.

I'm glad I'm not the only one, my friends who have had children keep scowling at me (but not in a really horrid way or anything) because I've been so lucky.
Would be lovely though to never reach the "get this baby out of me now!" stage and just go straight to having said baby.
Although I do acknowledge that still getting a lot of sleep, it is going to come as an even bigger shock when baby turns up and suddenly starts depriving me. Am hoping because s/he isn't that active at night and is more of an afternoon/evening mover, that will be their pattern of activity in life as well.
Don't you just love the naivety of a first pregnancy :)

No, I didn't have much discomfort until the very end of my pregnancy and DD was born at 38+6.

Funnily enough I've been thinking the same thing. I gave birth to twins at 33 weeks and my bump was measuring 42 weeks. I was pretty uncomfortable!

This time I'm 41 weeks now and only measuring 37... not been too uncomfortable at all (apart from heaving myself off the sofa), this pregnancy has been super easy and it's clearly a late baby...! I think your theory could be right unfortunately!

I had no discomfort at all and DS was 5 days early. You never can tell! :)

Well baby moved into a central position last Wednesday and since then I've had mild backache and tightenings everyday whereas before, braxton hicks were few and far between. Now I often feel a pressure on my pelvis so things have definitely changed. My brother and his kids arrive to stay on 18th December from America and go home on 29th so would be gutted if baby hadn't arrived by then (40wks 21st Dec) because the kids won't be back again for 2 years. We'll just have to see

I never reached the uncomfortable and fed up of being pregnant stage and DS was a week early, actually felt a bit cheated out of the end of my pregnancy!