Hi there,
I'm 38 weeks + 2, and am absolutely shitting it that i won't know when the days here. I know this a common worry for women, but the reason I'm asking is that I've already had four full on false alarms. It has been suggested to me that I suffer with an irritable uterus. I've had lots more signs recently the main one being loosing my mucus plug. I have contractions on a regular basis, ones where I have been screaming, wanting to kill everyone in agony and healthcare professionals think crap it's happening now. If those were my fake contractions, how on earth am I meant to tell when it's really happening? My husband is so worried about me, it's our first baby. I've been taking things slow, lots of sleeping and resting, a good walk most days. Can't really leave the house atm, (everytime we've left the house after the last two months, I've ended Up in hospital 
) My midwife thinks I'm going to sail through labour with all these practice episodes. It's been suggested that when I'm
In the worst bits, it's likely to go very fast. So I'm hoping that's A positive thing and when it comes to the nasty bit, she'll slide out. Just fingers crossed that my waters go beforehand with style. The only determination I've got so far is that when my contractions are regular and painful for at least three hours- we're only round the corner from the hospital. But that's already happened during false episodes. I've had pretty much every sign she's coming, when the pains and tightenings start, I get awful back pain, thigh pain etc my whole body will feel like it's going to split in two, will literally mimic labour symptoms. And the tightenings come every few minutes when they start. My mother in law has had two babies, (we're very close) and she even has commented how regular and tight my contractions are when my body kicks off. Getting closer to the end, feeling like there is light at the end of the tunnel, but seriously unless my waters go like Niagra falls how am I going to know?
Thanks