Lulu, it drags on, doesn't it. But it's all doing something! My m/w told me to ignore it as much as possible and get on with my usual business.

I had two days of pre labour and then the established labour lasted less than three hours. I really think all that preparation got me to half way dilated and the rest was smooth sailing. I also didn't find the contractions painful. I tend to call it early labour, rather than pre labour, because it's all labour (ie your body working!), it just doesn't fit the charts they like to fill out!

Lots of mine was less than one minute apart and lasting a minute too.

Hope it happens soon!