How do you know if your having real contractions? My stomach keeps tightening up and one side of my back hurts.
If they intensify at all, if you're able to time them and they're coming in intervals, and if they get closer together then they're real not false. I have false contractions ALL the time. They feel real, but they taper off and end up going away. They're not Braxton hicks, but not real labor either.

My sweet baby girl gained her angel wings this morning. She was my best friend, my true love my everything. She was so happy and beautiful, I'm struggling to say good bye. Sleep tight princess, mummy and daddy love you very very much ❤️

“I stuff my turkey with my water and cheese and stuff”

tattoo mommies let me see your sweet tattoos this is my right arm its a rose vine going around my arm and on my forearm i have two owls in love connected to it .
on my left side of my belly I have a dragon ;)

My boobs are leaking and soaking my baby girl!!
Real contractions don't always hurt, mine never did. 27 hours of labor and slept through most of it. Contractions are consistent and get closer together as labor progresses.