https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 26 May 2026 05:56:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1336386 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 16:16:47 +0000 kjpugs 1336386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was dilated 1 cm and pretty well effaced in the weeks leading up to my due date but NO progress- just stayed that way. A few days before my due date I started losing my mucous plug. The day before my due date I had a few mild contractions (I know that now, but then I wasn't sure.) On my due date I had contractions that I could tell were contractions (sort of like menstural cramps, came and went, but nothing bad at all) and tracked them. They were very far apart and got to be close together throughout the day, by the time I got to the hospital around 6 or so they were worse, by 8 ish they were excruciating! Had her at 7:28 the next AM! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1336364 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 16:09:06 +0000 DigAPony 1336364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started losing my plug at the end of October (due date was November 4). At my OB appointment on Nov 6, I was 50% effaced and a fingertip dilated. My water broke and baby was born on November 10 at 40 weeks 6 days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1336321 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 15:58:42 +0000 MCD919 1336321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lil owl: a few days late?!? Patience is not one of my best qualities haha... I guess anything can happen! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1336277 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 15:45:09 +0000 lemondrop 1336277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>39+1, I lost my mucus plug and my water broke not long after. I had false labor a couple nights before (period-like cramping) but it stopped once I went to bed. The day it happened, I had no other symptoms, no contractions or cramping until I got into the car, then things happened very fast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1336276 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 15:44:54 +0000 Zbug 1336276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine started around 39 weeks. I had bloodly show in the morning, light contractions during the day that got worse during the night. LO was born the following night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1336204 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 15:21:36 +0000 Ginabean3 1336204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lost my mucus plug at 30 weeks and she came out 5 days later! It was a huge surprise. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1336164 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 15:08:32 +0000 MamaMoose 1336164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I lost my mucus plug about ten days before labor started. I had no other signs of labor at all and actually had an induction scheduled. I ended up going into labor on my own at 9:30pm on my due date. The first two contractions were 4 minutes apart and they never slowed down from there. Baby was born 12 hours later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1336157 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 15:06:25 +0000 fancyfunction 1336157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 40 week, 3 days. I started to get the bloody show the night before and woke up with dull cramps the next morning. Got to the hospital around 2pm and was dilated 3cm. My water broke around 5 and she was born at 7:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1336148 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 15:03:26 +0000 lil owl 1336148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MCD919: I feel the same way. I'm 37+5 and my OB told me almost the same yesterday: I'm about 90% effaced and 1cm dilated. She also told me she could touch his head, that everything looks good but that I shouldn't plan on having him early. She said she'd guess I'll have him a few days late... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1336023 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 14:33:12 +0000 knittylady 1336023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>40 + 4. I had lost my mucus plug just a tiny bit a couple days before? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1336013 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 14:30:52 +0000 Foodnerd81 1336013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>39 weeks 5 days. I had had a few contractions here and ther but not much. My midwives didn't do checks until after 40 weeks so I don't know if I was dilated or anything. Woke up Sunday morning having mild contractions- felt just like period cramps but they would come and go. After they kept happening and got stronger I thought it was the real deal but also was still convinced I would go past my due date. </p> <p>Labor ended up being a slow and steady progression- woke up at 6:30 with the mild contractions, steadily for more intense but didn't really get painful for more than 12 hours after that. Once they got intense it went fairly quickly though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1335931 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 14:13:21 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1335931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lost my mucus plug 5 weeks before I went into labor.... </p> <p>When I finally went into labor, it started with some period-like cramps that got progressively worse over the next few hours. My water broke after 2 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1335922 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 14:11:35 +0000 KT326 1335922@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went into labor at 37+5. I had no idea I was in labor until my water broke. Looking back all the signs were there. I thought I was having BH contractions the day before because we were busy most of the day. My back hurt but I had put on 55lbs so I just thought it was that. I couldn't sit still, walking around made me feel better. Then I woke up at 1:30 am and felt a little pop. I started leaking some fluid and was in the bathroom for almost 2 hours going #2. When the contractions really took off we left for the hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1335899 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 14:08:46 +0000 Mrs. Confetti 1335899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never. Induced at 42 weeks, despite being 3 cm and 50% effaced for several weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1335880 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 14:05:02 +0000 merriment 1335880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had period-like cramps the evening before she was born. I woke up at 2.00 am that night and puked and had the runs...<br /> Four hours later (at 6.00 am), I was definitely in labor.<br /> I never saw a mucus plug and my water didn't break until I was almost 9 cm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1335868 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 14:02:25 +0000 looch 1335868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had no signs of labor until the day I delivered at 40 weeks/6 days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1335860 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 14:00:35 +0000 Ra 1335860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My water broke at 37 + 2. I lost my mucus plug a week earlier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1335808 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:49:00 +0000 Bookish 1335808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>38+4 was when my water broke. I was dilated I think 2cm for about 2 weeks before that, 50% effaced, and had my membranes swept twice, with a bloody show/mucus plug after the second one. Didn't feel any contractions until about 2 hrs after water broke. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1335807 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:48:41 +0000 Greentea 1335807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had bh for about a week and at the stroke of midnight on her due date they started for real! :) (we are perfectionists) :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1335806 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:48:37 +0000 sslm 1335806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lost my mucus plug at exactly 41 weeks, went into labor at 41+4, she came 41+5 :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1335799 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:46:06 +0000 lovehoneybee 1335799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>39w4d. I lost my mucus plug on 39w2d (a Sunday) and woke up at 7am with back contractions on Tuesday. I was 50% effaced and a "loose 2cm" at my appointment on the previous Friday. </p> <p>My contractions started out around 20 minutes apart and only lasting 20-30 seconds and weren't super painful, just painful enough that I couldn't sleep. I didn't even identify them as contractions for several hours. They sloooowly got closer together during the day, but it was a long labor and he wasn't born until early Wednesday afternoon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1335786 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:42:06 +0000 yin 1335786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>38 weeks + 4 days with my first and 39 weeks + 1 day with my second. Both times I went into labor a few days after my first cervical check. With my first I didn't feel BH. I had my bloody show and then felt period cramps within an hour. Early labor lasted the whole day. With my second I had a lot of BH and regular contractions too leading up to labor. My mucus plug also came out slowly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1335775 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:39:18 +0000 2PeasinaPod 1335775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>39w 5d for me. I was just crawling into bed at 10:30pm on a Tuesday night when a contraction shot me out of bed. The Friday before, I was totally closed and not thinned at all! </p> <p>DS was born the next afternoon via emergency C-section. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1335765 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:37:02 +0000 Bao 1335765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was dilated a few weeks before I went into labor, but lost my plug (or parts of) 3 weeks before she was born. I did have a bloody show 48 hours before she was born though. Contractions started abruptly and within 9 hours she was born at 39 weeks 2 days! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1335762 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:36:18 +0000 SAHM0811 1335762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>38w 3d<br /> 39w 5d </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1335755 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:34:20 +0000 prettylizy 1335755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Water broke at 37w2d, she arrived 37w4d </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1335753 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:33:45 +0000 Adira 1335753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine started at 39 weeks. I had bloody show in the morning and contractions started right around the same time. The contractions were very mild and far apart and then progressed throughout the day. Xander was born later that night. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-labor-start-naturally-for-you-some-tmi-sorry#post-1335748 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:30:57 +0000 MCD919 1335748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For those of you who went into labor naturally, when did it start? What did early labor feel like? Any symptoms or things happen leading up to it? I'll be 38 weeks tomorrow.... I think I might've lost part of my mucus plug last week TMI alert: 2-3 large globs of ewcm/ jello-like discharge, followed by very thin, liquidy ewcm all this week. At my appt this week, Dr says I'm 1cm and 50% effaced, and she can touch the head through my cervix (!) I know all of this could mean something or likely nothing, as women stay this way for weeks. Just looking to hear your stories... getting antsy!!! </p>