Labour signs?

[taraer]

Hiya all..
I'm 37 weeks pregnant and for a week my stomach has been going tight,
I have had dull aches/cramps today and my lower back is the same not sure what to think tbh.
I have also had some discharge..
Just looking for some advice on what anyone thinks may be happening ? And your stories
Thanks x

Anyone :/

Is this your first baby op? I had 2 very, very different experiences of labour starting. With ds (first baby) my waters broke, I went into labour within a couple of hours, ds was born after having a syn to drip 30 or so hours later. I had no warning of waters breaking at all, no aches or pains or twinges. With dd I had three weeks of false starts, big Braxton hicks, pain, no sleep all amount ting to not very much. Woke up to a massive contraction and dd was born 5 hours later.

Tbh you can get lots of aches and tightening and no labour and no warning leading to baby in no time!

Sorry not it's my second, with my ds it was so fast was aching slightly and waters where leaking they told me to come back next morning to be induced..... my waters broke after a few contractions that evening and he was born an hour later.
I had no warnings lol
But now I'm feeling funny and heavy and achy if you get me xx

I gave birth at 31+2 and found that the days before i had a lot of tightening and back pain. It woke me in the night lasted for a good few hours and paracetamol didnt help. Went in as told to by the traige and i was 4 cm dialted and 2 days later gave birth Could be completely different for you but no harm in being check out! xx