Saturday 1 November 2025. After a good week or so of having Braxton Hicks contractions daily, I woke up feeling really sore in my lower back for the first time and it felt different than I’d felt during pregnancy - very similar to how my back would feel with my period. Upon reflection now I think I knew that something was different. I was scheduled for a pregnancy massage as well that morning, but received a text from my masseuse that she didn’t feel good and wanted to let me