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[Mama K]

Reassuring... Thank you for sharing your experiences, ladies!

[MamaRabbit]

Baby #1 - other than more frequent BH, I had no clue I was in labor. Water broke, and she was born 4.5 hr later.

Baby #2 - normal BH contrax, grocery shopping and contrax were 5 min. apart. Didn't realize it until I got home and layed down for a nap. Time from when I realized it was labor until he was born? 3.5 hours.

It does happen!

[hulamama]

This was my third and I have never had my water break before contractions before. This time my water broke in bed around 10:45, and 12 contractions or so and 1.5 hours later, I had my baby. When my water broke, contractions didn't even start for a half hour. Then, they built in intensity and shortened between them, quickly.

[kewpie-o]

This pregnancy was my first. I had almost no warning of the impending labor. I went for a walk at 9 am and felt a tiny bit crampy, but it was so faint I barely noticed. At 12:30 pm, I was standing in the baby's room folding clothes and arranging things. I had a big contraction - I got all red in the face and teary-eyed. It came from nowhere! Before that point, I had wondered how I would tell the difference between a labor contraction and a BH contraction. But there was no mistaking - I knew FOR SURE that it was a real labor contraction. Just then, I had the urge to have a huge bowel movement, which I recognized as my body emptying itself for the big event. It was then that I saw some pink-ish tinged mucous for the first time (I never saw an actual "plug"). After that, things progressed very quickly. By 5 pm, I arrived at the birth center and was already 5 cm and 70% effaced. I had my little girl at 3:13 AM the next day. No prodromal labor here!