What did labour feel like to you?

For second or more time mums, what did labour feel like to you?

What did early labour feel like? What do contractions feel like? Was the pain bearable? How did you calm down any pain you had? When did you decide when to go to the hospital? What the ride to hospital like?

And active labour? What does a natural birth feel like? What does an epidural / a c section feel like? What was the pushing like?

And finally... any good tips for those of us to still go through all this? Anything you’d do differently?