They felt like intestinal cramping to me.

I felt surges of electricity coursing through my body.

I never felt contractions until after my water broke with both kids, but then the were period cramps from hell. I was hooked up to monitors with my second and was having regular contractions 5 minutes apart before they broke my water and I felt nothing still. I guess I just don’t register them until I’m much closer to delivery.

Period cramps times a million for me. Although, each time was a little different for me.

It was different both times for me. First time I had back labor and I felt them in my lower back. Second birth they were in the area where I would feel period cramps.

For me? It was like the time I had food poisoning. I couldn’t hardly even breathe from the get go.