depends on you. everyone is different. I've known people to be in slow active labor for a week and some who just have they're contractions hit all together all on top of each other. then there are mom's like me who can't tell they're having contractions except for my body starting to heat in my face and my stomach getting hard.

mine just kinda started 5mins apart while I was working I tried to stay and finish shift but was hurting super bad so got sent home and that was at 5:30 pm went to hospital at 8:30 pm got admitted at 10pm had her at 7:13am the next morning but when I went in I also had a bulging bag

I hadn't had contractions like that ever in my life. so I knew it was time

I had them 2 nights in a row..first night was every 6-7 minutes, then 2nd night it was 5-6 minutes apart, then 4-5 so I went in...got admitted at 2a.m had my baby at 3pm.

I was having them off and on for weeks then after my baby shower I noticed I was having them quite frequently and boy were they painful. I started timing and they were 10 to 16 minutes apart by next morning they were 5 minutes apart