Labour approaching?

TMI… 38 weeks and 3 days today, diarrhoea constantly today 4 times in 4 hours, last night had a lot of pressure in pelvis and rectum again for about half an hour, did anyone else get bad diarrhoea and did labour follow it if so how long after?

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Everyone is different Lots of people have loose stools before baby comes as your body likes to clear itself out.
Mine started getting loose a few days before.
If you want them to come soon worked for me was.
Curb walking on both legs
Bouncing on a ball.
Quite hard nipple stimulation - this helped re trigger my contractions when they slowed down.
Sex - we tries but was uncomfortable but sperm has prostaglandins which can trigger contractions.

Personally, that's exactly what happened to me the same night my water started to trickle! 😅 I thought I just kept peeing a little bit every few minutes but I knew it could be my waters breaking, so I put on a pad and after a couple hours of having to change it a few times, I called the triage and they told me to come in, and yes, it was my waters slowly breaking! Luckily I did empty out my bowels that night pretty well, I went 4-5 really good ones that night and didn't have to go again all day during labour up until the day after my baby came. Oh I'm so excited for you, congratulations! 🥰 I hope everything goes smoothly for yooou! 💜

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Labour approaching?

TMI… 38 weeks and 3 days today, diarrhoea constantly today 4 times in 4 hours, last night had a lot of pressure in pelvis and rectum again for about half an hour, did anyone else get bad diarrhoea and did labour follow it if so how long after?

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