Every bump and tickle

Now that I have had kidney stones, contractions, and a trip to the ER, I am totally sensitive to every little bump and tickle. I'm crazy because every time I feel some little thing, I start to get worried and I don't want to deal with it. I have these pills that the doctor gave me (heavy duty pain killers from the kidney stones) and I'm tempted to take one all the time but I hesitate and then wait and then don't. I have taken half a pill several times but I never take them in a row and never more than one per strange pain. It's got me going a little nuts.

The other day, I had contractions, real ones, all day but they were not regular. So I didn't do anything about them and they went away. I had dreams that my water was breaking and that my mom was going to miss the birth. I was on the phone crying to her in every dream, apologizing that I couldn't hold it in any longer. They say the second kid comes out easier and sometimes early. How many of you had your second kid faster, easier, etc...?