Will I go into labour soon?

I’m 38 weeks pregnant today. For the last few days I’ve been getting very strong ‘braxton hicks followed by back pains and tightening, I’ve been getting a lot of lightening crotch too, feeling nauseous and struggling to sleep alongside heavy discharge. Are these signs labour will start soon? Anyone else had all this and labour has come on ?

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Sounds like you are in slow labour to me, happened to me with my both my children 🥰 If you want reassurance please call your delivery ward xxx

It sounds like you are very close to the latent phase of labour, annoyingly those symptoms can last a few hours or up to a few weeks. It’s literally impossible not to focus on it at the end and overthink it so if you do get frustrated over time best to enquire about a stretch & sweep at 39 weeks and do some pumping to stimulate the nipples & therefore uterine contractions x

I had all this went in to be induced and I was having contractions on the machine and my cervix had moved forward and he was head down for months, and then took 9 days to get him out after being induced . Had two pessaries - another stronger one. Two sweeps. A Dilapan- the gel. Lost my mucus plug. They could feel his head with first sweep then the second they couldn’t even break my waters cause I got to 3cm cause he moved back up and they couldn’t reach, he seriously didn’t want to come out . And still ended up being a c section. It was so strange how it all happened x

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