I’m a first time mom and I feel so lost - I’m 36 weeks and as of my OB appointment 2 days ago I’m 1 cm dilated, 50% effaced, cervix is soft and baby’s head is in my pelvis. BUT I DUNNO WHAT A CONTRACTION IS! Lol! Everyone keeps saying “you’ll know” but I don’t think I’ve ever even felt a Braxton Hicks contraction! My pelvis feels like someone took a baseball bat to it, and I believe that’s my hips loosening because any movement and especially walking is excruciating ... only a couple times I’ve felt very, very, very mild cramps way down in my pelvis that feel like my period is about to start but even that lasts maybe half a second and the pain is a 1/10 ... but I’ve felt no tightening in my abdomen, nothing in my back .. anyone have any tips of what I should look for? I feel weird not having any contractions, not even BH because I feel like that’s a right of passage being pregnant 😂