How exciting Just before I went in to labour, i had mildly painful contractions. It started as pain low down in my back and moved around to my tummy and thighs and then my tummy went really tight. I had some pain in my tummy too. I hope that makes sense? Anyhow, I had 22 hours of that, 7 minutes apart before my waters broke and I started getting full-on contractions 3 minutes apart. I hope something happens for you soon. Its so annoying when you dont know what it is!