TMI.. but did anyone experience diarrhoea before labour?

[JennysMummy]

I've read that having diarrhoea at the end of pregnancy can be a sign that your body is cleaning itself out ready for labour. Well I've had it for the past 3 days & I'm not ill.. I feel perfectly fine & it's not something I've eaten. I drink a lot of water so I don't think I'm at risk of becoming dehydrated. I'm 39 + 2 today.

I was induced with DD1 & had absolutely no pre-labour signs so I don't know what to expect!

yes, i did with both mine. although for me, it started just hours before full blown labour. with ds, i had a false labour the week before, regular contractions but no diarrhea so i knew it wasn't the real thing.

yes good luck!

Oh Yeah! I was induced and they put a no entry sign on the loo door after .

oh yes! I sat there for what seemed like hours as I was too scared to push any of it out incase the baby went down the toilet!!

DH and midwife were outside the door asking if I was ok for ages!

Yes during labour. Passed the time fairly well as i insisted on having a bath every time i'd been to toilet

I had it for about 2 weeks before dd was born. I mentioned it my mw and she said 'I hope your not coming down with anything' - Once dd was born I was ok again.

Oooh, thanks for this thread! I've had strong BH for 2 weeks, lots of false labours, couple of mini shows and 36 hours ago i started with the diarrhoea too - has eased off now and i read it too could be a sign. I want her out!!!!

yep, i had it a few days before dd was born.......good luck

had it with DD1 a few hours before going into lbour, I was vomitting too. didn't have it with DD2

Oh boy yes!!!!

All the best

I had it a few hours before labour with dd, wasn't ill with it at all, iirc was quite excited by it LOL

i had loads the day i was in labour

Thanks for all the replies!

I'm still rather impatiently waiting to go into labour.. I hope it happens soon!!

With DS1 I had a dodgy tummy during the first hour of labour.

With DTs I was like you this time. I had a dodgy tummy for 3 days. It then got better for a day and I went into labour the next morning .

And thus no pooing in labour either time!

Well... i had an extremely 'active bowel' AND labour - I basically had contraction/loo visit/contraction/loo visit/contraction/loo visit for about 3 hours, it was a pain in the ass, quite literally! made it impossible to time anything, I was all over the shop.

Once the bowel thing was over, the baby was about 90 minutes away... best of luck x

Unfortunately mine doesnt want to have been a sign! I had it monday and it is now Thurs and am still frickin pregnant