Hello! 31 weeks pregnant with my first baby, and very excited at last! There is a long story to explain my question so I hope you will bear with me...
I spent until the third trimester trying not to get too excited because I have ulcerative colitis with which I was in hospital, for weeks last year and needed lots of awful medications to keep me well. I conceived just after I stopped them and was in the best remission I have been in for years. However I'm still on meds (not as evil though) because being well is safer for baby than being info the meds. UC increases chances of problems and I worried about the meds too, so tried to be very calm about the whole thing...
About a month ago the UC flared again and I went back on steroids and happily haven't needed the more evil drugs to get me well this time - to an extent the pregnancy really seems to have helped the UC 
- this can happen. I just hope it doesn't go into overdrive after delivery... We shall see! ANYWAY...
About a month ago I had a scare with waters (same time as my flare started, and no-one could say for sure if it was AF) and was contracting too, but not too painfully. I was signed off, lots of rest etc. I am signed off til next week and then will see. However, I get BHs quite often, especially if I have been busy, and they are much worse in the morning. Backache last 2 days too. Baby very active
I have a lot of pain in the left side of my abdomen due to my UC and being on my feet for any length of time is unbearable and kicks off the BHs too. I am used to this over the past 2-3 weeks though. MW says she thinks the baby will be early, obstetrician says if I flare again the risk of prem labour is high... So it makes me hyper aware of things! Hence my question...
Can you guys can reassure me on what is normal!? This morning I have had a few noticeable (uncomfortable/sore) BHs. Baby was fairly quiet, little movements though. My back is aching. But suddenly it decided to move +++, and painfully so! It feels like it is sticking something right down behind my pubic bone and wriggling it about! It's really far down, it's all bone and lower down when I feel where it hurts, right in my nether regions! 
It makes me jump and yelp! Also triggers more contractions which aren't regular. It's stopped for a bit, but I just feel uncomfortable and my back is killing me.
I imagine this is all normal (in combination with the fact that I have an irritable uterus from the UC), but I just wondered... And can I stop it?! I can't work out if its head down or breech, has been both - last week was breech (having fortnightly check ups).
I am so uncomfortable! Is this normal at 31 weeks? (Not that I am normal!)
Thanks