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I think I pretty much did everything the same. Just tried to get everything in order as much as I could. I went shopping in the afternoon after my OB appt. Went into labor that night. I was having some sciatica issues for awhile and BHs. I wasn't even really sure I was in labor for over an hour. 3 days early.

37-38 weeks it was christmas and our babymoon. i felt pretty good actually! i had no indication of anything happening and i actually got the flu at 38w3d, which was horrible. i got better throughout the next week and then my water broke at 39w3d and i had R that day.

I actually felt totally normal all the way up until my due date. No contractions (that I was aware of without the monitor,) no aches and pains, not tired. I had to be induced on my due date due to pregnancy hypertension but if that wasn't the case I'm sure I would have been overdue by at least a week.

How did you feel? I felt HUGE, but overall pretty good. Hips were sore and I peed a lot, but no real issues despite having GD.

Were you feeling lots of contractions? I never had any Braxton hicks, and was actually was just asked today by my friend who's 37 weeks pregnant how I knew contractions were enough to head to the hospital, and realized I never had ANY contractions outside of the hospital!

If so, did you go into labor before your due date? Yep, born at 38w2d.

Had you lost your plug? I think so. I had bloody show and I think my mucus plug about 30 minutes before my water broke.

Were you sore? Sluggish? Queasy? Or, were you one of those lucky gals who had a burst of energy and you ran around like a crazy woman cleaning your house and nesting? I was in vacation mode! I saved holidays before starting my maternity leave and was getting pedicures, my hair done, shopping leisurely, prepping food for the freezer and hanging out around my family's pool for 5 days before she was born.

Did how you feel around this time have any indication on when you went into labor? (i.e. could you feel labor "coming on" in a sense?) I definitely had the nesting instinct, but I'm not sure that it was ramped up more than it would have been if she'd come on time. I was actually pretty chill. I'd had a cervical exam the day prior and was told that I was not dilated or effaced and to expect to go overdue.

ETA: Share when you went into labor! My water broke at 930 pm, and I went in the hospital to check that everything was still ok. They wanted to monitor me over night and see if anything happened, and I started having contractions around 3 am. Barely any early labour, and was in full hard labour by 4am and she was born at 11am.

I never experienced BH never the less real contractions! Which also means I didn't lose my plug yet. I felt tired, but was okay overall. I was induced at 37 weeks due to IUGR, they broke my water and the induction caused me to lose my plug. I think I lost it 4 hours after induction began.

I felt really good. Too good. I had trouble sleeping, but that seems par for the course. I was mostly worried that Flipper wasn't doing anything to prepare for heading out. My suspicions turned out to be correct. He all but held up a picket sign and chanted "Hell no, I won't go!"

I was very swollen, very achy, everything hurt, couldn't sleep well because of discomfort and carpal tunnel, but tried my best to not look miserable! I had zero symptoms of labor - no contractions, didn't lose mucous plug, barely a cm dilated. I ended up with an elective c section at 39 weeks because of my son's size. I'm positive I would have gone past my due date!