Thank you ladies! Now I know what to expect!

nope no idea I just knew I was going to go past my due date lol but I ended up having her 5 days early. like literally the contractions came out of nowhere !!

I had no Braxton Hicks and my water broke 3 weeks before my due date. 5 hours after my water broke I still wasn't having contractions so I was given pitocin to start them up.

Mine came out of no where at 5 am in the morning ? lol worst time ever! They were 3 minutes apart lasting 1 minute until I had my daughter. They pretty much stayed the same intensity throughout my whole labor

Did you ladies have any idea labor was going to start soon prior to the contractions? Other than your due dates approaching lol

for me they came out of nowhere ! & also build up getting stronger & stronger.

Both. My first they built up for 3 days before it was finally considered active labor. My third I was already dilated to 4cm with no real contractions so when they started they started at full speed.

I started getting contractions yesterday when they were monitoring baby and they started out of no where

It's different for everyone. Some don't experience them until their water breaks. I had Braxton hicks then nothing for 2 days then my water broke and they started an hour afterwards.