38 weeks and 2 days

I’ve got period like pains lasting about 30 seconds. What could that be ???

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Wide awake

Anyone else doing the 3am club 😩 im 4+6 and my eyes ping open from 2am. I am so tired during the day, but I just cannot get back to sleep 🫠

Update- Midwife believes it may just be a stomach bug so I am staying home, monitoring my temperature and babies movements (which are fine), trying to rest (which I did finally get some sleep) and sipping water and taking paracetamol and hopefully keeping it down. TMI but I feel like you ladies may laugh ... trusted a fart ... shouldn't have! Thank God I'd got one of the big pads on!! 🤣🤦🏼‍♀️

Am I in early labour or just ill?

I have had 2 days of what is probably nesting then just got struck with the need to nap this afternoon. Woke up about 6:30 after around 2 hours and felt a bit off so ran a bath. By 7pm I'd started having mild irregular cramping accross my abdomen whilst in the bath. Got out about 8:30 and little lady had a good wriggle but I felt quite rough.

This then continued with regular cramps all night. Spent some time on my birthing ball wrapped in a blanket with a hot water bottle on my back because I had chills. Tried laying down on my left and watching something on TV, listening to music etc but I just couldn't get comfy.

Cramps coming anywhere between 5-15 minutes apart for anything from 25secs to - 2.5 mins.

I go to lay on my right and instantly vomit up over a little of the squash I had been sipping through the evening. I then feel better enough to get about a 25 minute nap in at around 2am.

Since then I've been awake and cramping still anywhere between 3.5 mins to 25mins apart.

Me and my partner have decided to get into bed and try and get some proper rest but I've woke up from the nap and my forhead temp is reading 38.8°

Realistically I know i probably should ring the Mat Unit. It's my first and I'm 37 +1.

Baby coming early...

Update: I've now had a bloody show and contractions are back a little stronger...

Hey everyone,

I'm 36+6 today, little man due 15th May, but I don't think we will make it to May...

I can't remember the timeline of things happening with my first baby other than when my waters went.

But last night I had tightenings that weren't the normal Braxton Hicks. BH usually happens at the top, once or twice a day. Last night the tightenings were happening from the bottom and spreading upwards. Semi regularly from 6pm-12am roughly. I know that part is normal...

Then I woke up this morning and went for a wee and my mucus plug has decided to vacate the building 🫠🤣 I'm now getting more tightenings low down and the pain in my inner thighs has increased - something else I didn't get with my first.

Anyone else in this boat right now? Or can you remember roughly how long it took from mucus plug coming away to labour starting?

Thank you ❤️❤️

Sitting

Anyone else’s baby not sitting unaided yet? He’ll sit good if I loosely hold his hips or shoulders but will lean too far forward and fall over if I let go! I know every baby is different but constantly worried he’s behind!

Giant baby??

Anyone else shaping up to have a huge baby?? I’m consistently measuring in the 95+% centile (32 weeks). Midwife seems very relaxed about it, but has said that if it’s still tracking this big around 36 weeks they might want to scan me and discuss early induction or an elective section. My first labour was very long and traumatic (with a 40th centile totally average baby!!) and I am getting a bit nervous about the prospect of delivering a mega-baby. Equally I don’t know how I can keep growing another 2 months! Curious what other mums of apparently chonky little ones are thinking…