what exactly do contractions feel like?? ive been having cramp like feeling in my lower stomach and…

I thought I was just cramping a couple weeks ago and it turned out to be contractions and went to l&d. This is my first so I wasn't really sure what contractions felt like until I went in and they told me that's what it was To me it felt like bad menstrual cramps.

To me it was really bad cramps and at one point I said it was like someone was trying to stick a board through a circle. And towards the end it was like I had to poop with some serious cramping!!

its literally just at the bottem of my stomach, and my stomach tenses up. if it keeps up tonight i think i might go to the er. cause it goes away than comes back. @huntersmommy716