Labour or not labour?

It must be getting close. I feel like things are starting to happen that mean labour will be soon... but how soon? Who knows...

I was reading these three articles (plus two more I forgot to keep the links for) and I'm finding I've got some of the pre-labour 'symptoms', but not the most important ones.

• 'Signs of Labour,' from Pregnancy Etc.
• 'Possible Signs of Labour,' from Suite101.com
• 'Top 5 Signs of Labour,' from About.com

I'm thinking labour will start fairly soon (less than a week!) but I'm definitely missing some important things from the lists in the articles above. I'm leaving out the things I have and don't have because it feels too icky to write in a blog! However, I will say that I feel the most important ones are probably the bloody show, the contractions, and the water breaking (none of which I've experienced yet).

Most of the symptoms I'm having are new this week, and some are new just today! For the record, I happened to do a lot of walking today so maybe that has helped things along some...

Exciting! But this isn't false labour or anything. Not quite there yet.