Third baby.. early labour worries

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I've never had Braxton hicks before so not sure if it's just that. I'll be 26 weeks tomorrow and last night while taking the dog I started having period type pains- only can aliken them to early labour. Felt pretty crap all night- it was triggered by me shouting and getting stressed when dog ran off. Woke up feeling okay but since moving about have felt uncomfortable all day and regularly getting similar sort of pains. Not unbearable but makes me think something is up. Is this normal and I've just never experienced it before? Trying to take it easy just in case. Thanks x

I had period type pains a couple of weeks ago at 34 weeks. I also had lower back pain and thought it best to get checked out.
It turns out I had a bad UTI which was causing me to have tightenings and I ended up in hospital for 3 nights because of protein levels in my urine.
I have suffered with many UTI's before and I wasn't even aware I had one as I didn't get the usual stringing feeling, I was just going more often. If it carries on I would get checked out just to rule anything like that out

Thanks. Still not sure what to make of it! Might phone tomorrow just for peace of mind if it's still happening z