hi there!
Good luck!

Timing
Time from when you first feel it to when you cant feel it anymore (this is the length of the contaction).
Then from when the last one STARTED to when the next one starts is the time between contractions.

Do a google search for contraction timer. there is an online program that does it all for you - all you do is hit the spacebar when it starts and finishes and it records all the info that the hospital will ask you... easy!

Bloody show - doesnt neccessarily happen. The bleeding from the S+S could be exactly that a little blood
With DD i had my show for 2 weeks a little at a time
With DS no show at all.

I felt my whole tummy tighten so it was rock hard for each contraction