Day before you went into labour

[aaaarti]

38+2 today and just wondering if you mummys who have older children felt any different the day before you went into labour? I know it's all different for everyone, I'm just curious

The day before my labour started I made a lasagna , a cottage pie and a big chilli to put in the freezer . I also did a massive shop in tescos and cleaned the tiles in my bathroom with a toothbrush and cleaned behind my toilet which I have never done in the 2 years of living in my house 😂

Didn't feel any different but being so organised was very uncharacteristic of me !

No signs at all. In fact I felt utterly normal until my waters broke out of the blue with both.

I'd been talking to the midwife the evening before, and said I had a feeling he was going to be an August baby (due date 15 Sept). She poohpoohed this and said most first babies went overdue.

10 hrs later my waters went and he arrived at 36 weeks. I had no physical symptoms before then (hadn't even started nesting), but I definitely knew he wasn't going to get to 40 weeks

With my son at 37+5 I had lower back pain and what I thought was Braxton hicks all day and went in to labor that night and had him 7.15 the next morning. Think I was probably in early labor all day lol

Day before my daughter my meeting went into overdrive and I was cleaning skirting all day and washing floors. But physically as per the usual.

With number 2 I had no clue. I called DH about something else and started the conversation with "don't worry I'm not in labour but..." and my waters broke halfway through the conversation 😂

Had no inkling, had a busy day taking DS to a Christmas workshop and party on the 21st. Then this day last year I woke up at 6.30 and my waters had broken. Didn't start labour for another 8 or 9 hours (whilst doing the Xmas food shop).

Been reminiscing today!

I was feeling extra tired all week and the day before, felt quite dizzy at some points. Woke up at 2:15 with broken waters and at 33 + 5 weeks!

No. My waters broke at 38+3. But I did have a feeling he'd be early so started mat leave a weel early at 35 weeks instead of 36.

No not at all. I just woke one morning with contractions.

I went into hospital with reduced movements, everything was fine, they scaned me cos I was measuring small and that was ok too so they sent me home. Early hours of the next day my waters broke and by that evening baby was born!

Lost my mucus plug on the Monday and then had funky smelling discharge (like sperm 🤢) the rest of the week. Last day of work was the Friday, had a real dodgy belly though and was relieved to have finished work without my waters breaking. 11.50pm that night my waters broke and baby was born 5.15pm Saturday at exactly 37 weeks!

Always had a feeling she’d be early, both me and my brother were 2/3 weeks early for my mum. Quite glad she made it to full term though!

I had an urge to bake cookies for about two days prior. The day before I finally did (always busy) and thank goodness. Life saver in the hospital when they had no food for a mama who had just given birth at 3am! I was famished.
Have a feeling this one is going to be a little less predictable