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And so your special day arrives and you meet baby after all of those months of waiting. What will he/she look like? How will baby feel?  Will I know what to do? …So many questions running through your mind as the little one is passed to you to hold for the first time.

Are you, like the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, expecting an imminent arrival? You may be experiencing all of the typical ‘false alarm’ twinges and cramps that mums-to-be normally have at this point in your pregnancy. So how do you know that labour has started? Each woman is different, but normally one of the following will occur:

1. Lower back pain/abdominal pain, similar to menstrual cramps.
2. Painful contractions, occurring at regular and increasingly shorter intervals.
3. Broken waters.
4. A brownish or blood-tinged mucus discharge, often called a ‘show’.