Can someone describe contractions to me?

I literally have no idea, I’ll be guessing the same as you, but I saw a video of a woman who was trying to explain whilst haven’t them and she showed that her entire stomach went incredibly hard, like a proper muscle cramp

They’re very hard to explain but you will just know. They take your breath away and you can’t speak through them x

To me it was literally period pain
Obviously much worse but the exact same pain!

Like others have said it’s can start as a mild period pain that gets more intense to the point you can no longer concentrate on anything else and that’s when you know it’s hospital time! I was also vomiting a lot at this point and throughout the labour itself but not everyone does this so just my experience with my first. I’m currently 40 weeks pregnant with my second and I’ve heard the intensity happens much quicker so that’ll be fun! 😜

I wouldn't go in to hospital for early labour anyway, even if it is far away, they'll just send you home and it will be horribly disappointing! This sounds to me more like practice labour, and unfortunately that can go on for days or even weeks. I've been having irregular contractions every day for about 3 weeks now, every night they become super regular and then they stop and don't come to anything. So I would advise waiting until they are unmistakable and strong and regular. You will 100% know if you're in labour, any doubts and it's probably just your body warming up. Contractions probably feel a bit different for everyone but generally at the start they feel like strong period pains that build into a peak/surge and then tail off, then you'll have a noticeable break in between before the pain builds again. You may also notice a tightening sensation and sometimes the pain can be in your lower back.

Contractions are period pain but 100 times worse.
Some get them in the back. I can’t speak for the back as mine were belly and bum pressure.
The belly ones feel like wave. They start then it peaks then eases off.
At first you can speak through them but it will get intense

Contractions can feel like period cramps that can radiate from your back to the front/just your back or just be in the front, you'll feel your stomach go tight and should last about 45secs to a minute each with time in between (the closer the time in between the closer labour is)

They'll start off like a bad period and get worse eventually you won't be able to talk through them.

BUT contractions can feel different for alot of women this is just how mine were x

4th baby and still no idea what labour pains feel like as I’ve always just had back labour which felt like my spine was snapping in half 😩