I was afraid that I wasn't going to recognize labour the second time around either. With my first, I woke up at 6:30, and felt the first contraction and KNEW it was the real thing. I had some show, and my contractions were five minutes apart from the start. My water broke two hours later as we were on our way out the door. We got to the hospital at 9:30, and Elyse was born 4 hours later, after about an hour of pushing. With Marieke, I had a few days of Braxton Hicks contractions, before waking up at 1:30 Sunday morning and having to go to the bathroom (surprise, surprise) and noticing the show. I felt the first contraction a few minutes later - and knew it was the real thing, because it felt like it was "doing something", not like the BH. We got to the hospital around 3:30, and things progressed slowly (I thought - I was afraid it would be so fast we wouldn't get to the hospital on time, since Elyse only took 7 hours, from start to finish). The doctor broke my water for me at 8:00, and Marieke was born by 8:45. (much less pushing, by the way O Only about 10 minutes.) I hope everything goes well for you!