Labor ready?

Okay so this is my first pregnancy. I am 29 weeks. I have no idea what to expect.
I just have some questions. Everyone is telling me I probably won't make it to my due date because I am so tiny and the size of my belly is already enormous.
Am I to expect this 'plug' thing to come out weeks or days before my due date? Does that mean I need to go to the hospital once it appears? What do contractions feel like? I guess I am just worried about not knowing I am going in to labor and something happening to my little boy because of it.
To this labor stuff.. should I try it naturally? I don't want to be doped up or paralyzed the first time I get to meet my miracle. That just doesn't seem right. In plus, the pain is apart of the experience, right? I just don't know what to do and I need different views and stuff.
As for after labor..
I have all these worries about having my child in winter. Like he will get pneumonia or freeze to death. I am so scared that I will loose him. All these random scenarios keep going through my mind, and it scares me. I am not letting anyone lay down with him because I am scared of suffocation. I am worried I won't hear him in the middle of the night and get up with him and I will fail as a mother.
I have one major problem and I know it is because of recent events.
At first it was another worry of mine. Now it has turned into a nightmare, literally in my dreams.
I see my son in his bassinet and he is still and pale. I go to feel him and he is cold. It is a reoccurring nightmare now and I just want it to go away. I know it is because I just lost my step-dad Sept 27th. I found him on the floor and he was getting cold. I knew immediately. I didn't handle that too well. I don't know what to think.
But there is one thing I cant decide if it is good or bad....
My step-dad died on the 27th of Sept.
I turned 27 weeks on the 27th of Sept.
And my Due date is Dec 27th.
I don't believe in coincidences.

Ill try to answer a few... Your belly size has nothing to do with u making it to ur due date. I never get big when pregnant... Im due with baby #6 on thursday and i look 5 months pego!

The plug can be lost months before labor and regrow. Its blood or fluid u need to be concerned about and call the dr.

I personally love my natural labor and delivery. I hated the times i had to be induced... I felt so restricted and less in control.

I am having my first child also and it is scary but i just take it a day at a time and i have noticed as i get further a long the natural instincts get stronger. If you don't know for sure what birth plan you want then play it by ear because 80% of the time if you pre planned it then it wouldn't work out that way anyways since every birth is different. As far as having a winter baby just keep them warm don't expose them to the public with germs and stuff to early and they should be fine they will build an immune system over time. And just because your big doesn't mean you will go early it could happen at anytime late or early just whenever your baby decides it's ready! you will know when you feel contractions but wait until they are close together and consistent to go to the hospital or you will probably just get sent home. take care!

You're belly size or how big you are doesn't matter. I am 5'2 and have had a baby 6 days early, 5 days late and 1 day early.

Your belly being big doesn't mean you won't make it to your due date. You might not loose your mucus plug or can loose it over months or months before going into labor. Contractions feel like really bad period cramps or like you have to poop really bad. Going natural is totally up to you but don't feel bad if you can't. I'm sure your lo will be fine. Good luck.

I was only 5'1" and 118 pounds when I got pregnant with my son being tiny doesn't make you go into labor early but other complications could that your doctor has probably warned you about like pre-e and what not.

For a natural birth I had one with my son and am planning on doing it again with this baby it is painful but once your baby is born you won’t remember any of it and you feel like you could run a marathon at least I did. I got right out of bed after I had my son went pee like they want you to then walked back to the bed with no help.

As far as RSV virus they are more common from October till the first week April depending on where you live but if you type in RSV season and your state it should list the months you would have to worry about. All you need to do is make sure if someone is really sick to stay away until they are better and make sure people wash their hands before handling the baby.

I was worried about my son being too cold he was born in august but just make sure you by sleepers and he will by fine and as far as the not hearing him cry I think every mother fears that will happen but is amazing how that cry will wake you out of a dead sleep. I always use to wake up randomly and then my son would wake five minutes later.

As for your dreams about SIDS that's common a mother worries but there are ways to cut down on the chances of SIDS pacifiers, white noise, a night light it will all keep your baby from going into a deep sleep.

1st and foremost, I'm sorry for your loss.

I didn't lose my plug until I was in active labor.
It can regenerate so it isn't cause for concern unless accompanied by heavy bleeding, frequent contractions.

As far as natural labor, it can be very impowering to go drug free. Not to mention, if you request an epidural or analgesic too close to the time baby is born, he/she could be a little sleepy and less alert for a while.
With that said, if the pain is absolutely unbearable, there's no shame in getting pain relief so if you can at least rest in between contractions, if nothing else.

Trust me, you'll here him when he wakes up crying in the middle of the night. Sometimes I have to leave the room for a few minutes to regroup if he's particularlly fussy and let Daddy tend to him. I still hear him sometimes.  

As far as co-sleeping goes, suffocation is a normal fear especially if this is your first. I'm ebf and his crib is in our room and sometimes if I'm feeling too weary and tired I'll latch him on lie him on his side and lie on my side and let him nurse. He ends up staying the rest of the night in our bed when I do that. I just make sure there isn't excess pillows and covers surrounding him in the bed. I snuggle him close and I'm no longer afraid of co-sleeping.

If you find that your son doesn't like sleeping in his crib/bassinet; you may have to at least consider modified co-sleeping. They make these co-sleepers/Moses basket type things that are like mini bassinets that you can put directly in the bed with you. You could look into those, there's pretty much no risk of suffocation with those.

We keep our humidifier on at night, I highly recommend getting a good one for the room where baby will be sleeping.

Hope this helps.