Mine felt like a chinese burn very low down in my belly (where i get period pain, but not very like period pain). It was a round warm feeling for me, not a sharp hot one. I didn't find it particularly painful. Breathtaking, powerful, immense as labour wore on, but never agony.
Mine were definitely like period pain. They were in my lower abdomen, low back, hips, and upper thighs. I did recognize them for what they were right away, but then, I never really had much "false labour". The one time I did have false labour (DD3) I could tell the difference - somehow actual labour feels like a working pain. Can't really describe the difference, but I knew when the real thing came! I found it to be a real "achey" pain, deep in the muscles and bones, sort of.
I have had relatively fast, hard labour (7 hours, 7 hours, and 2 hours) so I do find it pretty painful and overwhelming, but I know it's something I can do, and you just keep in mind that each contraction has an end, and you'll get a little break, and labour isn't going to last forever. Each one brings your baby closer. Relax and breathe your way through it to the best of your ability.
Ooooh how exciting, I hope this is it for you Ali!
I was suprised initially that they weren't agony, I was expecting pain, but it didn't happen like that. It was, for me, a sore back spasm that passed round to the front and ended with a gut pain (like when you are constipated). They started off very mild and I was able to take panadol to not feel them so I could sleep.
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