Just looking for some insight and sort of heads up.

I am 33 weeks pregnant with my second. But this go around is soooo different from my first. My first had me SWOLLEN and my blood pressure was high the whole time. Which ended up having me induced at 38 weeks. This go around on not swollen. My blood pressure is either normal or below normal but nothing to worry about. I don’t even feel pregnant 90% of the time. The other 10% I am hurting because she’s big and pulls muscles in my lady bits which makes it super hard to walk. And of course I’m tired like 24/7.

Anyywayssss, I have no idea what to expect when it comes to labor and delivery. With my son I never even felt his Braxton Hicks. I honestly didn’t feel anything at all until I was on Pitocin for like 4.5 hours. And when I did start to feel things it all hit me at one time. After my water was broken by my doctor. And it was to much for me and my son it put him in distress and I couldn’t loosen up so I had to get the epidural to avoid a c section. So I never had the build up that people talk about with contractions. I never had my water break on its own. Or anything. I found out this weekend that I have been having some really minor Braxton Hicks this go around I just didn’t know that was what they were. And I only found out because I went to the hospital after falling down a flight of stairs. And I was cramping. They told me that they can tell when I’m contracting so I’m either lying about cramping or I’m having minor Braxton Hicks.... well I wasn’t lying. So now I’m paying a lot more attention to everything going on. I am having cramps often now. And I do believe that she is head down.

But what do I watch for? How do I know when my water is going to break? What does it feel like when labor starts from beginning to end?

Please give me some kind of head space... I can’t believe that I don’t remember my labor with my son. I know it was less than 4 hours long start to holding him and I remember lifting him to my chest but that’s it.