oh yeah!! I forgot about the rock hard tightening! And it was interesting how the "real" contractions felt like normal then super strong menstrual cramps...but I got my epidural after I just started to experience the ones where I couldn't breathe through them!
me,34 exH,34 S,16 months S:3/31/09-left for OW started DBing 10/09 d final: sometime 10/10 current: http://www.divorcebusting.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2022856&page=1 met in 2004