Did you feel "normal" before you went into labor?

Amber91714

I'm 3 days away from my due date and I have had a very easy pregnancy (this is my first), other than heartburn and being tired.  I'm 39wk4days and honestly thought I'd have him by now.  I know due dates are an educated guess, but other than minor contractions every now and then I feel "normal" which makes me think it's not going to happen any time soon.  My last appointment my Dr. said I was almost completely effaced, but haven't dialated at all yet.

I'm curious as to other women's stories about how they felt before going into labor.  Did you feel fine then labor hit?  Did you feel "off" or sick, etc.?

Thanks for sharing!

blueeyedrose86

I felt normal up until the day I went into labor. At my appt that morning (40+3) I was "a loose two" cm dilated, but started dilating about 2 weeks before that. I started having contractions around 8pm, but that whole day my back felt really tight. All I wanted was to crack my back from tail bone to skull, but couldn't twist enough lol

JuniperGaze

I went to bed feeling completely normal and woke up at 1:30 with contractions. I hadn't had any labor symptoms up until that point.

NADA-H

I felt absolutely normal, I delivered 1 week after my estimated due date and at that point my BH contractions had actually stopped happening all together and I was so done being pregnant but tired of trying everything to induce labor that I just gave in to the thought that I will be pregnant for ever, lol.

I was checked the day before I went to labor, I was not effaced at all and only finger tip dialated. I went home and carried out the day as usual, went to bed, and woke up the second morning with very mild period like pain that it took me a couple of hours to confirm that this is the start of my labor because everything felt normal and I felt like my baby was going to live inside of me for ever.

beamstar

I had my DD @ 41+2. I felt fine until I went into labor, I woke up with a sore back but until then I had no signs of labor

aislingrowe

I have birth at 39+5 I kept having back ache for about a week, then before I went into proper labour the back pain was so strong so I thought it might be the start of things, but my baby girl scarlett was back to back, was a killerrrrr!

mnajib92

I felt fine until I went into labor.  I never had any false contractions and my back pain didn't start until further along into labor.  So it caught me by surprise, except that it started a day before my due date so I was looking out for signs. 

jillb-baby3

With my second, I thought i was having false labor I felt so normal!! I had an appt (I was 10 days early!) and almost drove myself there, but my husband decided to take me instead. I had had like one hour of false labor a day for a week, so I casually told the midwife that during my internal exam and she looks and goes - it’s not false!! I was 4 cm dilated!! No hospital bag, no car seat, hubs had to run home for all of it and came back an hour before ds was here!! Talk about normal lol ...