Hi everyone, I’m 39 weeks pregnant today with my second baby. I had a stretch and sweep on Monday just gone and had a few pains Tuesday night which then disappeared. I then thought my plug had gone Thursday as I was extremely goopy and thick down there (sorry tmi) but from last night I started to get contraction like pains. I’ve been getting Braxton hicks for a bit now but they just felt tight and a bit uncomfortable, but these pains actually hurt and are extremely uncomfortable, I’ve also got a really bad cough at the moment which I don’t think is helping. From about 4am this morning I woke up to a bloody show (very pink) which didn’t stop till an hour or so ago. I then kept getting these pains on and off and started to time them on my app and they were roughly coming every 10-15 mins and lasting about 30-40 seconds, I managed to fall asleep for abit, some woke me up. I’ve rang the hospital this morning and she said they’re happy for me to stay at home until they come for often and intensify a bit more. I’m still getting the pains but they’re not quite as often, id say more 20 mins/30 mins at the most. My question is do people think they are actually contractions and not still Braxton hicks? They’re definitely painful where I have to stop what I’m doing and breathe through them. Thank you