Will I go into labour soon?

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Hi all

Im currently 36+5 pregnant with DC2.

With DC1, My waters broke at 36+2 and I ended up having to be induced (due to labour not starting on its own) with forceps delivery.
I can’t remember much of the pregnancy as it was 5 years ago but I feel more in tune with the pregnancy this time round.
I’m currently experiencing mild diarreah (not sure if it’s my recent choice of foods/diet though) for the last few days and major lightening crotch and a lot of pressure on my bladder.
Could this mean I may go into labour soon?

Any thoughts/experiences would be helpful please.

Thank you

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Anyone please? starting to panic!

I had this on & off for about 2-3 weeks before having my first sorry!

I hope it doesn't mean that as I'm 35 weeks with my first and experiencing the same....Diarrhoea, nausea, lightning crotch, braxton hicks, period pain type cramps, low down pressure etc!

And I went 4 days overdue I should add! I even bored myself of saying "this could be the start"!

38+5 here and lost my plug today. Also had BH and lightening crotch, I think all are signs of your body gearing up but does not necessarily mean it will happen any time soon. From the many various threads I’ve read today it could be days if not weeks yet even with lots of signs.

I’d just try to relax and not think about it too much.

Have sex!

Seriously, it works.

I was told I had an “unfavourable cervix” after my sweep, even though I’d been having contractions the whole day. Had sexual that evening (purely with the goal of starting labour-didn’t actually WANT to, understandably) gave birth the next day!!

Bouncing on a gym ball helps push baby down too so if things are starting then it’ll help speed it up.

Good luck!

Sex doesn't work. Not in any actual research carried out. In fact, some studies found that it makes labour less likely to start.

Plenty of people say they had sex and baby came "the next day" but one, that's coincidence, two, the baby came because you were full term and ready and three, why attribute it to the sex the day before and not the hundred other possibilities. Why not the jaffa cake you ate? Or hanging out the washing? Or watching Red Dwarf?

No problem with having sex if you want to but people having sex they don't want for a reason that doesn't hold up to scrutiny, isn't great. Eat the jaffa cake, watch Red Dwarf. The baby will come when they're ready.

Ok ladies thank you for your replies. Felling a little assured that it’s unlikely to happen “tomorrow!”
Really wanted to make it past 37 weeks (or more) this time but feel incredibly nervous about the labour part. Last time, I was massively encouraged to take an epidural as I wasn’t handling the pain very well after the induction - so this time I really want to try and have a natural birth!!
I’m actually losing sleep over wondering if today/tonight is it!

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I actually wasn’t full term, I was due to be induced because of a separate issue & was desperate to avoid that.

Sex won’t spontaneously start a labour but it most definitely can speed things up for several reasons.

Semen HAS been proven to ripen the cervix, plus contractions of an orgasm stimulate the womb. This, combined with the sweep I had definitely sped up the process for me.

I’m not telling someone to have sex they don’t want, I’m just saying for me it was more of a “let’s just do what we can to try & get this baby out” rather than a romantic process.

I had the attitude of “try it & see” and I don’t see any issue with giving it a go, along with lots of other things to try & speed things up.

I wasn't talking about you specifically @Somewhereovertherainbow85 but in general terms.

www.google.com/amp/s/theconversation.com/amp/mondays-medical-myth-sex-induces-labour-11098

There is a theoretical basis for the prostaglandin in semen inducing labour but in all scientific testing, there have been no conclusions and no evidence for it working. It's too small a quantity and appears to make little to no difference or perhaps even inhibits things.

Nobody actually knows how labour starts really. The baby lets the woman's body know in a process that isn't fully understood. Lots of people are adamant that certain things will work, but short of chemical induction, there's no supporting evidence outside nipple stimulation bearing fruit if the body is right on the cusp of delivery anyway.

Good luck op. It really won't be long!

I wouldn't say any of those things you mention mean labour is likely to be soon, sorry!

They say you are likely to deliver babies around the same time. Wasn't the case for me first I was overdue and induced at 41 wks. Second, my waters broke at 37wks with no warning.

For anyone interested, I delivered 2 days later!

and yes I had a name change

Congratulations @YouCanTell 😍

Thank you @BeMorePacific ☺️