Beginnings of labour? Should I feel this bulge down below?!

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My due date is today. Already had a ds (20mo). Woke up with chronic back ache and cramps at the top of the thighs, chilled out today with my TENS machine (having a home birth so not much else to do). The pain has subsided to be a bit dull, but I am suddenly acutely aware of a bulge in my fanjo. It feels as though there is a grapefruit pressing against it from the other side...could this be the head and is it normal to feel this? Or could it be my waters?

Ds was an easy labour (woke up 10 cms gone and literally began to push whole ordeal was over in a few hours) so I "missed" the beginnings of labour and have no idea what I should be expecting. I know not to bother my midwife to come out until I have contractions/a show (have rung to let her know I'm feeling a bit weird though).

Is it normal?

kneel and rock. and mooooooooo.

GUESS: 8lb 7, Girl, 1:04

Good luck!

Ooh I second mooing! Worked a treat on dc2 and Ds was 10lb6, waters didn't go till just before he was delivered.

7lb.13oz 2.07am 03.12.11

And good luck, and fgs just maim DH, you might need him

OP, our estimates are getting longer though...we thought you had had it in the bath !!!! However, we all said you were in labour....and then your waters broke.....do not mock the mystic mums net......(mutters, within the hour, within the hour woo woo)

Guess: 2.15am 7lbs 8oz boy

I had to hum through contractions - I remember feeling a right idiot right through it, but I HAD to hum

You are doing so well, still posting on here

I know I'm close to delivering when the mooing starts!!! Told my midwife that when she arrived for my homebirth, and she later said it was a great indication that birth was imminent! Well, for me anyway!

Good Luck ECC x

My guess is 8lb 6oz and 3.50am 02/12/11.

Ooh. How exciting. I think I'm more scared than you are, although my dc2 runs the risk of being born at a conference next week (will hopefully be a couple days late as really need to be at this conference) but if it does happen there will be lots of drs around

GUESS 12.10, 8lb exactly, boy.

Good luck!

Guess:

Boy

8lb 4oz

4.45am

Guess 6.55am 7lb11oz boy
What do we win?

Good luck! Been lurking for a couple of hours, hopefully when I wake up you'll have a baby!

Guess:

7lb 1
Girl
2.11.11
3.37am

Winner gets remaining crunchy/ bounty wrappers and half bottle of pouilly fume ( if I haven't finished it)

GUESS: 8lb 2oz, girl, 3.20am 02/02/11.

my guess is 0025 hrs 8lb 9oz.
Enjoy your birth, remember you are perfectly designed to do this. Ooooooooooooooh so exciting.

Guess:

Girl

2.12.11
1.48am
Mmm 9lb 2oz

Does the winner get a virtual sniff of new baby head ;-)

[broody, me, maybe ;-)]

1.32am

Boy

7lb2

Good luck sweetheart x x

Based on my own quick, calm and wonderful homebirth experience;

GUESS: Girl, 7 lbs.12 ozs, 1.12am

Good luck!!!

OP.....you still there?

@Fiolondon

Ok lured back by shuffle's question!

Surely the baby is named after the winner's nickname??

ooh good point.

GUESS
Girl Olivia 7lbs 10oz 2/12/11 01.24am

Yes.

In rather a lot of achiness.

Still mooching about.

Look a bit like a hula dancer but it's keeping the pains down.