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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.

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39w 5d

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!

DS was born the next afternoon via emergency C-section.

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.

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.

I had bh for about a week and at the stroke of midnight on her due date they started for real! (we are perfectionists)

My water broke at 37 + 2. I lost my mucus plug a week earlier.

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...
Four hours later (at 6.00 am), I was definitely in labor.
I never saw a mucus plug and my water didn't break until I was almost 9 cm.

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.

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.

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.

@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...

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.

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.

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!