With my first pg, I had no labour signs until contractions began 8 minutes apart. Due to the lack of other symptoms (and probably a good dose of denial!) I didn't believe it was labour. If it wasn't for DH (who knew it was labour) insisting I ring the hospital who knows what would have happened! The contractions got closer together very quickly, by the time we got to the hospital they were painful and 3 minutes apart (and the midwives found it amusing that I was still saying "no, it's not labour"). I also had a quick labour going from 2cms to fully dilated within 2 hours.

This time my ob has warned me that labour could be even quicker so I won't be delaying heading to hospital. However I have been having painful BHs for a few weeks now and they feel very similar to what I remember of labour pains. They probably aren't as regular, but often when I get them I'm busy and don't concentrate enough to time them properly. So now I'm worrying that I'll be in labour again without realising it (can this really happen twice?) and maybe won't make it to the hospital! And I really will get laughed at if I miss the signs of labour again!! I have read the articles and know all the signs, I just worry that by the time I figure out that they are contractions not BHs, it will be too late.

Am I just being a normal worrying mum to be? You'd think after having been through it once I'd feel more confident of recognising it. But last time I hadn't had the BHs to confuse the issue. Oh well, probably just pg brain! Anyone else want to reassure me??

Melanie