My contractions started at 8.30pm (4 days before the due date) as we were about to go to bed because I was sooooooo tired. Not good… Couldn’t sleep with the contractions coming and going so was up all night, and in the early morning (7ish) we decided to go to the hospital. It wasn’t for another few hours the nurses told me I was only 4 cm dilated. Sofia was born in the afternoon the same day.