I had my 3rd at 33 weeks, my waters broke at 22 weeks so i was very lucky that my son stayed in for so long, basically i just went into labour and it was exactly the same as my 2 previous births very fast and went into shock, with my 4th they were convinced i was going to have her prem too, i had a ffn test that prdicted pre term labour, I had loads of painful braxton hicks from early on with her but i didn't have her till 39 weeks. so braxton hicks is has no meaning to when you will have your baby, I repeat what midnight said aswell fast labours are not nice people think you are lucky but you are not, my last 3 labours have been basically minutes and its very scary and i go into shock, they induce me early so i dont have it out and about.