Labor -- the waiting game

Abby • 👶🏼 Danny Lee 7/22/17 👼🏼 12/12/17 👶🏻 Deagon Levi 12/17/18 👶🏼 Daxxen 8/15/2020 Army wife 🇺🇸 Breastfeeding Mama 🤱🏼 Natural Birth Survivor x2

So this is my first pregnancy and I am just over 38weeks, how did you ladies know (other than water breaking and obvious contractions) that you were close (within a week) of labor? And how in the world do you deal with the wait?! I feel like it's all I think about all the time! 😂