Labor symptoms/signs?

I felt a weird sensation about a week ago. Felt like a bowling bowl dropped on my bladder but I can’t tell by looking at my stomach if the baby has dropped.

I had some brown discharge a few days prior. Also the morning of I started getting cramping ..

brownish redish discharge mucus plug braxton hicks and vagina area hurting bad and feeling swollen

Interesting. I’ve lost bits and pieces of my mucus plug but I don’t believe I’ve lost all of it. I’ve been cramping also. Just kind of feels like period cramps? I’m hoping I go into labor in the next two weeks so I don’t have to get induced the first week of April. I just really don’t want to be induced, and it seems I will have to be induced at 39 weeks due to pre gestational diabetes

what exactly do Braxton hicks feel like lol 😆

Mucus plug fell out 2 days before, vagina hurt so much, then slight cramping in my pelvis but I could still move around, kept waking up every hour due to back pain that had me bent over rocking and had lower stomach pain that had me holding just above my pelvis after about 4 hours later I could hardly walk as the pain wouldn’t go and I was constantly rocking on my bed and had to lean on things when I walked. Hope this helps x

Thank you that does help!

I didn’t go to hospital till the pain was unbearable and was hard for me to talk and that’s when my mum knew it wasn’t going to be long and I got there 5cm dilated and they were shocked I done most of it at home x

Dang!!! I’m about 45 minutes away from the hospital lol. I wonder if I should wait that long ☠️☠️☠️🤣🤣🤣

I was 35 minutes away from mine and there was loads of traffic due to the school run as I went to the hospital at around 3:20pm so traffic was so bad even though the pain was unbearable all I wanted to do was walk around and honestly it helped walking x

Omggggg 😭😭😭😭 ok, well I am glad you made it on time! That gives me hope that I’ll make it ☠️☠️☠️

I lost a little bit of my mucus plug Valentine's Day after a service check said I was 2 cm dialated and 50% of faced. 2 weeks after Valentine's Day I lost Large amounts of mucus plug 4 2 days ( As well as some serious hip pains)Before I had my bloody show the following day. Bloody show was at 3 PM. I actually woke up with light period cramps followed by the bloody show at 3 PM. I had light inconsistent cramps throughout the night. I only called my midwife because My sister's kept telling me to call. Got to the hospital at 11am and did a cervical check I was only 3 cm dilated but 80% of faced. Walked around 4 3 hours. Went back to hospital around 2 Pm They said I was 4 cm dialated but a 100% of faced. So they admitted me and I gave birth two hours later in water no epi or anything . Water broke at 3:01 PM And I gave birth at 402 PM.

Oh wow!!! Thank you, this is helpful as well!!

Oh also while I was losing my mucus plug for those 2 days I was so tired and so hungry I felt like a bear hibernating. When I was laboring overnigit's in the early labor phase it felt Like light period cramps. They got closer together and Lasted a minute on average. According to a contraction app I was using I met the 511 rule around 5 AM but it didn't hurt so I thought maybe it was prodrama laborOr Broxton Hicks. But my mid wife said she wanted to see me anyway. It only started hurting on the car Ride there but I think it was cause the car Ride was Bumpy. But it wasn't Till 1:30 PM that The pain became unbearable. I mean I managed but That was the peak where I felt I needed to go to the hospital. Hope this helped that was all the details I could remember! Good luck you got this just remember to breathe. Every Contraction gets you to baby

Continously loosing mucus plug literally every time I wiped, I was also very tired, (I have insomnia abs could barely sleep my whole pregnancy) pressure I was 3cm dilated 80% effaced I was having contractions but they weren't strong enough to move anything along went home slept woke up water broke... go time

Omg I have been having extreme pressure and I get scared my water is going to break every time. I thought I was just imagining that my water breaking could happen, now I’m going to be on edge lmao. But thank you so much!

get ready to pack your bags ❤️

like minor contractions their like a sharp pain they don’t last long but you can have them in your back or your front

I only can tell when I’m having major contractions. lol. Like I feel it in my lower back along with pressure. But like I feel as if some Braxton hicks I’ve had, I’ve just dismissed as pain 🤣