I've been experiencing period like cramping more and more over the last week. (I'm 36w5d today) At first it wasn't necessarily every day but now it's every nights and sometimes during the day. They don't come and go they just are there for, I dunno, 5 minutes? Maybe less?

Anyway, I looked through old posts and saw that a bunch of HBers listed these cramps as what they felt before labor. I'm curious, how long (days/weeks) did you have these cramps before you went into early labor?

p.s. Told my midwife about it all and she just said, "Yep, your body is getting ready to have a baby!" But with no worry about timeline or anything. Ack!