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4 posts on this thread and the last post was on December 31st, 2008 10:13 PM
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FlyBear - December 29th, 2008 10:23 AM
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How far along were you when you had the baby? (i.e. 36 weeks, 40weeks, 42 weeks...??)

And what were your first signs of labor and how soon before you actually had the baby did you start noticing them?


mommybri - December 29th, 2008 11:35 PM

I had my baby at 37.5 weeks. The night before I went into labor, I felt some contracting and it was difficult to sleep. I got out of bed and into the bathtub where I lost my mucus plug (there wasn't a lot of blood, so I didn't know for sure if that was what was happening). The next day everything felt completely normal, and I went to work, assuming it was false labor. I had an appt with my midwife that afternoon and she jokingly said "see you in a few hours!" That night at about 8 my water broke and I had my daughter at 5 the next morning!


JessC531 - December 30th, 2008 8:18 AM

I went into labor at 41 weeks, and had my daughter 2 days later. So 41 weeks 2 days. :) My only real sign was that my painful and frequent braxton hicks (that I'd been having for over a month) spread to my back. I had 2 of them spread out by a few hours, and then they started coming every 15 minutes or so. Other than that, I had no signs. Good luck!


amanda17 - December 30th, 2008 9:57 PM

37 weeks and 3 days. I had no real pre cursor signs to labor. I woke up at 4 in the morning and noticed my water was punctured. I was having contractions every 5 minutes just after that. I dilated really quickly and went from zero to baby in about ten hours!



dmjdjw336 - December 31st, 2008 10:13 PM

I was 37 weeks and a day. I had a bloody show at 6:30 in the morning on Tue. An hour later the contractions started and another hour later my water broke. I then had Kyle the next day at 5:11 am. Everyone is different, there is no definite way to know. Good luck to you though.