do you think this might be labour.

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I'm 39+5 and have been having strong braxton hicks all day. They are now quite painful and every 5-10 mins and the pain is in the back/bottom. However, they aren't really painful, I can carry on doing stuff, talking etc - they don't feel as crampy as when I had DS. Don't want to cause a scene re. childcare arrangements (mum is an hour away) if it's false alarm. Thoughts please?

Are they getting consistently more regular and closer together? I think that can be a difference to just BH rumblings.

Best of luck!

Start timing them.

Yes, use contraction master if you want to do it more easily.

sounds like how my labour started with ds2, he wa sback to back, hence the bum/back pain...

thanks everyone. They are 7 mins apart at mo, will see if they get closer. off to get contraction master now!

Good luck op

Ooh good luck!

Any news?!

Back to check up on you,hope your okay?

Turns out it was labour! Went in at 3am Fri and had little girl at 5am. Prob wouldn't have gone in at 3 if they hadn't said the unit might be closing as was so busy so could have been a bit dramatic. Can't get over how different 2nd time was, so much easier and definately less painful although having difficulty sitting down now! Thanks for checking up and for the contraction master tip - was really helpful.

Yay - congratulations! Lovely news :)

Just saw this update. Congratulations!