39+1 with my first so I have no idea whether this is normal or maybe early signs of labour.

Last night before bed I noticed my underwear was quite wet (TMI sorry) but I’m not sure if it was my waters leaking or some discharge (I’ve been losing my plug the past week) so I put a pad on and tried to sleep. Since then I’ve not noticed any more fluid, but was up and down most of the night with period like cramps in my lower back and tummy.

I’m currently running a bath to see if it helps relieve the pains in case it’s just muscle-type aches but not sure if this is the start of something? I would try to time the pains but they’re pretty constant just now so I’m not sure and also since I can’t tell if my waters have gone or not I have no idea what to do!

Does this sound like labour starting? I will call the hospital in a few hours if I still have the pains (unless something else happens in between) but I’m a nervous wreck just now as I have no idea if this means I’m finally meeting my baby 🙈