What do early labour contractions feel like?

Just over 37 weeks and I got quite bad period pain cramps & lower back pain in the night and I’m still getting a few this morning.

Is that what early labour or prodomal labour feels like? It’s so hard to know what to expect haha

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I have the exact same I spoke to my midwife about it and she told me it could be signs of early labour if the pain is so intense you should call the hospital xx

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Your body is just preparing for actual labour x

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That makes sense, thank you! X

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I’ve had this for about 3 weeks it’s the start of early labour but could be days or even weeks still just try and stay active ect to try and speed things up

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okay thank you!

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I’ve also been getting a lot of period like cramps recently

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