I just wondered what contractions actually feel like. May sound like a stupid question, but I get so many aches and pains and stabs etc in my belly, that I just wonder if I will know when contractions start if they start off slow and my waters haven't broken.

Do they make you feel like you need to wee at all? Today when we were doing food shopping, I kept gettkind stabbing sort of burning pains really low down in my pelvis, almost felt like inside my vagina they were that low, and it would make me feel like I needed to wee. A couple of times they were quite strong and I had to stop walking and sort of bend over a bit and felt the need to cross my legs - got some rather odd looks!!