I had A LOT of pre labour and so I set myself a rule considering what time of day it was. if it was early - mid morning and the contrax started coming I would go for a walk, get on the fit ball, shower etc if it was afternoon I would take it easy, mve when I got the urge but otherwise resting, showering doing slow circles on the fitball for comfort and on the bean bag on my tummy.

Having said that I have short labours 5hrs with DS and 3 with DD from start to finish so both of my labours have been very active as they have been full on from the get go once the contrax are established.