It's just like when you're trying to figure out if you're pregnant or not, you know, you go online and you like search all the things.

You're like breast tenderness and haven't skipped my period yet, but I think I am feeling nauseous.

And you just start going through the list. You're like, am I pregnant or am I not? Am I imagining this? Am I not? true for trying to figure out if you're in labor. But I promise once things are moving,

there will be a point where you're like, I am in labor. There is no turning back. I can't

believe I was curious about whatever. Getting pregnant and giving birth are two of the most

exciting things you can ever hope to experience in this life.

The moment you think you could be pregnant, you're frantically searching for all the best information.

Which is why you're here today?

I'm Stephanie King and with my many years of experience as a professional childbirth educator,

doula and lover of all things, pregnancy, birth birth and postpartum. I'm here to make

preparing for your birth enjoyable, empowering, and totally easy. Each week, I'll cover different

topics, interview professionals, and get into the nitty gritty birth stories from mamas just like you.

And when you're ready for more, you can join me in the My Essential Birth course

at MyEessentialbirth.com, where I take you step by step through exactly how to prepare your mind,

body, spirit, and partner for a birth you love. So let's get started.

This episode is going to be all about how you know that labor is coming, which, of course, we cannot know, unless there is some contractions happening or your back of waters has broken, something like that,

following a pattern where things are getting longer, stronger, closer together.

And that is how we know that labor is on its way. However, there are some of those like not so obvious signs that can tell us that, yes, maybe it actually is happening.

So here's some of the most common indicators that moms see when they are coming up to labor.

And this is that some moms see because I will say this.

And then you will be expecting it and of course

you will be the one that it doesn't happen to. So these are just like good information to have in

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