My contractions did feel quite like period pain (but more intense and 'structured'), my period pain is like waves with peaks and such though so maybe I'm weird! Everytime I have period pain now I'm reminded of labour. I think it is pretty normal to contemplate our ability to labour but half the reason for fear is that it is so unknown. Labour is very unlike any other pain simply because it serves a really fantastic purpose and there is an end, you know there is an end (although I wouldn't say it is when the baby pops out as you still need to deliver the placenta and your uterus needs to contract). Also, just becomes somebodies labour is worse than their period pain doesn't indicate that your labour will also be worse than your period pain so I really wouldn't freak out about that. You can do it, trust me, I just kept reminding myself that people do this everyday and many go on to do it again!
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Jeez, this anxiety thing is really rad!
) It is a lot like period pain, but it's different too itms? Period pain is just the closest approximation because it's so different to anything else you'll ever feel 
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