What do contractions feel like?
I'm nearly 39 weeks and never experienced labour with my first but past week iv been getting random pulsing/throbbing pains in spine that feels like I'm being winded thats becoming a more regular occurrence, I don't think this is the start of labour but it has made me curious of what kind of pains I should actually be keeping an eye out for ?
For me, they felt like very intense period cramps with tightening in my abdominal area. I also had back pain that felt like a tighening/pushing sensation and a dull ache that didn't go away even between contractions and sharp pain in my bum, but my baby was back to back. The back and bum pain was definitely worse for me than the abdominal pain