I know, I know … “You‘ll just know when you’re in labour” … but this time I have no idea.
Today is my due date with DC2 and I am currently lying on my side on my sofa with a horrendous back ache. Also experiencing on and off period cramps, which seem to be radiating down my thighs … I’m home alone (DD is with grandparents for the day and DH is at work) and enjoyed a couple of hours in the greenhouse earlier on this morning so thinking it may just be muscle ache from hunching over, sowing various seeds.
I’ve been having these sort of symptoms for what feels like weeks now 🙄 so maybe I’m just wishful thinking! But does anybody have any experience of back pain being a sign of the onset of labour? I’m confident this baby is also back to back - DD had to be (rather unceremoniously) turned during the last stage of labour and I remember the back pain well.
I don’t want to send anyone into a panic when I could have another fortnight of being pregnant (ho hum), so shall I sit tight and open another box of chocolates or start thinking about calling the DH home from work?