Well I was wondering when/how I would know I was having contractions. Holy Batman. It feels like I'm…

Well I was wondering when/how I would know I was having contractions. Holy Batman. It feels like I'm simultaneously being shanked in the front and the back....and a rag is being rung out...at the moment I'm timing them, they're 10 minutes apart...I'm monitoring them, gonna wait to go in to hospital til they're closer together...38w4d.