Pains at 40 weeks

The past 2 days I’ve had pains down below just like when they did my sweep last week the pain I had after that but this isn’t going I’m not sure if it’s a sign that labour is near 😩 I’m so uncomfortable and I feel like something is there. But no loss of mucus plug or waters

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It sounds like the baby might be engaged. Is it pressure pain? If not you might want to call your doctor as a sweep can expose you to bacteria, etc.

Yeah it’s like a pressure pain like he’s right there feel like I’m having to keep my legs apart

I didn’t lose my mucus plug or waters until I was well into established labour. Both came out in the birthing pool about 15 mins before my son was born. So doesn’t always happen at the start

how did you know that you was in labour was it the contractions?

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