I was put on the monitoring thing too today to measure contractions and the highest it went was 50+. Just felt tight no pain... Hopefully I can endure like u when my real labour contractions come!and all the stories about menses pain x1000 or x100,it's ridiculous... X4 i would say depending on your menses cramp.My menses cramp was 40-50,so i was used to painful periods every mth...Oh and ya, keep talking to the nurse during the contraction...ask questions whats the max contraction, is it normal fr this and that, just try to ask questions about the labour,but don't talk to hubby, you'll Feel pain because you'll tend to be a crybaby and end up epidural.