You feel it.

Your belly suddenly gets tight, you stop what you’re doing, and immediately your brain goes:

Wait…was that a contraction?

Then it happens again.

And now you’re looking at the clock, touching your belly and wondering the question almost every first-time mom asks toward the end of pregnancy:

“Is this actually labor, or is my body playing with me again?”

Mama, if you’ve been trying to figure out real labor vs. false labor, you are definitely not the only one.

One of the biggest misconceptions about labor is that you’ll automatically “just know” when it starts. Sometimes you will. But especially with your first baby, the beginning of labor can be surprisingly confusing.

Braxton Hicks contractions can feel convincing. Early labor can start slowly. Contractions may be mild at first. And your body can do a whole lot of warming up before the main event actually begins.

So instead of depending on one contraction to tell you what’s happening, I want you to learn how to...