Tightenings, could this be the start? Week 38

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38w+1d and started with bump tightenings this evening that appear to be continuing. Kinda uncomfortable/slightly painful.

Any ladies that have experienced spontaneous labour did things start like this for you?

I was induced with my two other babies, so not sure what to be looking out for.

I was induced with my first. With my second I started with tightenings on the Wednesday morning. Dh kept saying I was labour, I told him to stop being an idiot as they weren’t painful, just stomach going hard. Took me until the Friday afternoon when they got painful that they were contractions. Had her the Friday night. I did have other symptoms before that though, I’d lost mucus plug the week before and had a few days of loose bowel movements. I was 40+2 when I had her