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I'm super interested in answers to this question too. At almost 36 weeks I've had zero signs of labor. I've had all of 3 Braxton hicks. I've have been nesting for about 10 strait weeks though, as if all the baby stores on earth are gonna sell out before I get enough diapers. This is my first so every little twinge I wonder " is that a contraction, or gas....just gas" lol. I have pregnancy induced hypertension ,and my OB wants to induce me between 38 and 39 weeks. My body needs to get with it, but the little man seems super cozy under my ribs. ️️

Unfortunately I had no signs. I googled everything like crazy too since I was 40+4. But one night/early morning I saw part of my mucus plug when I went to the bathroom (sorry tmi) and contractions started soon after. That was it. The day before I felt completely normal. Good luck to you!

The night before I went into labor I was really restless....pacing around the apartment like a caged animal. I spent well over an hour trying to take apart our water filter because I decided it wasn't clean enough. And I yelled at my mom when she suggested I take a break from it

The night before I went into labor, we went out to eat with some friends and my stomach was super uncomfortable. Not like GI upset, but just sore. I chalked it up to having to lean forward so much to hear the conversation since it was loud in the restaurant. The next day (39 weeks exactly), I nested like a crazy person. Cleaned our whole place top to bottom, finished a couple projects that I had been putting off, finished decorating the nursery and packed our hospital bags. Ate dominoes pizza for dinner (huge mistake) and my water broke at 9pm. Contractions started an hour later and had him at 9 the next morning. I had just said a couple days before that I felt like he was never coming! Had no signs at all. Good luck, hope it's soon for you!!

Period like cramps from Thursday to Saturday. Went into labour 4am on Sunday!

I was just done. It was the weirdest thing because I was very active while pregnant. Zero Braxton Hicks, zero dilation, no signs at all. The day before i was scheduled to start work leave, I walked into my bosses office and told him I was done and going to go ahead and start my leave. I went into labor the next morning!

Nothing out of the ordinary. The night before I had an OB appt and took a long walk. Later that night, I had the bloody show so I figured that was it and started labor the next morning.

Nothing with DD1 (born at 40w5d) . With DD2, I just had a feeling that the contractions I'd been having on and off for 24 hours were going to turn into labor (born at 39w).

I was super tired and just off. We had gone to a wedding the night before and I woke up super early and had an urge to clean all my patio furniture. I scrubbed from 7-9 am like a mad woman, ate a big breakfast and went back to bed until 4:30. So unlike me but I was finally feeling the effects of being nearly 39 weeks pregnant. When I woke up-I took a shower and lost my mucous plug and my water started leaking. My contractions started soon after that.

No signs the first time at all. Second time, I was having prodromal labor for a full 8 days before real labor. I actually wasn't frustrated by it though! And it made my "real" labor that much more surprising because I'd stopped expecting it to progress into anything.

With DD1, 36 hours before early labour began, I experienced 'lightning crotch' (awesome name for it). Just as I was drifting off to sleep, I experienced what felt like several electric shocks to the nether region. It wasn't painful per se but it was so weird and distinctive! Apparently that is somewhat common shortly before labour begins and it was true for me.

Other than that, with both girls I got a distinctive bloody show the morning before labour began for real. DD1 it was pretty obvious what it was, DD2 there was seriously a pin drop sized speck of blood but it continued like that all day and labour started late that night.