So last night @ 40+5 days I started having real contractions that were every 7-10 minutes lasting a minute long. They continued all through the night (couldn't sleep through them at all so would fall asleep sometimes and then wake up 10 minutes later). Today started losing my mucous plug. This is new to me because with my DS I lost my plug/started bloody show and real contractions that led to his eventual delivery all at the same time. For women who had prodromal type of labor and mucous plug lost how long before it turned into real labor?? or any other experiences welcomed!