“I felt like a bit anxious and a bit weird, felt like I couldn't really settle in my skin, like weird and frazzled. “In hindsight, I had a bit of a sign, but I didn't recognise it at the time,” Melissa, a mum of two, said. Moodiness is caused by the changing levels of hormones in your body as it prepares to give birth. ![]() Suddenly feeling very tearful or moody (more than your usual pregnancy fluctuations) can be a subtle sign that your labour is beginning. Then again, I could be helping bring them on by that stage as I'm well and truly ready!" It's like my body knows I'm not going to get much done after bub's born and I get about a year's worth of cleaning done super fast. “With each of my babies, I've gone into a huge nesting frenzy. ![]() "I know I'm about to give birth when I start scrubbing the oven at midnight,” recalled Alex. While many women experience some nesting urges in late pregnancy, this may intensify in the days before the baby is born. One thing for sure is that all of a your sudden breathing becomes easier and there’s space at the top of your stomach. This may happen a few weeks in advance, or at the very last minute. Not everyone will experience this, and it is more noticeable if baby has been positioned right under your rib cage for the last few weeks. This is the term used for when your baby drops and moves into your lower pelvis and signals he’s ready to come out. Try to eat and drink as much as you can tolerate, but don't force feed yourself. If you do vomit, don't stop drinking, as sips of fluid will still be absorbed between the vomits. “Then I started getting contractions that afternoon on and off and ended up having my girl at 12pm the next day.” “I had the runs bad and I thought that was a sign of labour but I put it off as the pizza I ate,” said Brittany. One mum thought some dodgy food had made her run to the bathroom, but it turned out her baby was coming. You might also notice loose stools or diarrhoea. Thought nausea and vomiting was just in the first trimester? Unfortunately, some women experience it again as labour approaches. RELATED: Our guide to setting up a baby registry Upset stomach Painful contractions are a sign to call your medical professional. “Tightenings, no pain then waters, slight back pressure and out came baby,” she said. While painless ‘tightening’, or Braxton Hicks, are often signals of false labour, new mum Emily said they were the start of her baby coming. I didn’t think anything of it until it started getting rhythmic and slightly more painful.” “When my contractions started it literally felt like minor period cramps. Many women say they can’t talk through them or catch their breath.Īnother mum, Taylah, felt similar symptoms. When real contractions start, they get more intense, and there is a pattern, about every 10 to 20 minutes. RELATED: Best newborn baby clothes for the newest member of your family Frequent painful contractionsīraxton Hicks contractions can come and go and are generally uncomfortable, but not painful. I visited some friends that day and the only place I felt remotely comfortable with sitting on their cold, tiled floor.” “It was nothing really painful, just like slight period pains. “When I was 38 weeks pregnant the first time around I had slight cramping in my lower back,” Claire, a mum of three, shared. ![]() This pelvic flexibility allows your bones to open slightly in readiness for labour and the birth of your baby. Some women feel backache from their pelvis moving and shifting with relaxed pelvic ligaments. This pre-labour sign usually means the cervix is softening and ripening as the baby engages (or perhaps because the baby is in a posterior position - with their back is towards their mother's spine). ![]() This discomfort can come and go, or it may be there all the time. During pre-labour many women feel lower backache or dull throbbing pain, similar to period cramping.
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