Am I in labour?!!?

Can real labour contractions just start close together instead of being far apart and at inconsistent times to start then getting close???
I’m 37 +2 and I’ve had braxton hicks for weeks but just started having contractions about 20 minutes ago I’ve had 5 so far and haven’t timed them as of but they are a lot more intense and low down and I need to breathe through them. I’ve had no waters break idk if I’m just overthinking

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I'd wait another hour, see if they continue, drink some really cold water, and maybe have a shower, and if they continue with all of that too then go and get checked out just in case, especially since you're still quite early too.

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I'd call midwife or your adau.

I gave birth four days ago and I went from no contractions, to contractions less than a minute apart and 10cm dilated in 90 minutes. (I was induced due to preeclampsia so keep that in mind).

Call your midwife/adau and they will advise

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Mine went straight to every few mins for a whole hour 20 hours after my waters broke. It doesn’t have to get closer together xx

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My contractions were all over the place and not consistent but I was very much in labour!

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Yes, I woke up at 6 AM started contracting and I was dilated to seven by the time I got to the hospital at 8 am with my last child

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My water did not break either. They had to break my water, and I pushed directly after they broke my water and he was out

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Yes. Second baby, mine started out 4 minutes apart from the get go and within an hour they were 2-3 mins apart.

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I was in active labour and I didn’t even know it I drove myself to the hospital and a few hours later Bub was born I would go to the hospital

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Yeah I had 3 contractions 15 minutes apart and then they jumped to every 4-5 minutes. I had my first in 7 hours and my second baby in 3 hours. Very fast, intense labors both times.

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My contractions started very mildly, but lasted about 30-45 seconds and were less than a minute apart from the beginning. They were also only low down until very close to the end.

Even when they were fully ramped up my contractions maybe lasted a minute, but were still very close together.

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Am I in labour?!!?

Can real labour contractions just start close together instead of being far apart and at inconsistent times to start then getting close???
I’m 37 +2 and I’ve had braxton hicks for weeks but just started having contractions about 20 minutes ago I’ve had 5 so far and haven’t timed them as of but they are a lot more intense and low down and I need to breathe through them. I’ve had no waters break idk if I’m just overthinking

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