Ladies I've googled this but I want actual answers from someone who's experience this... I am a mom…

Sharp very painful period pain, check if they getting worst and worst !!!!!

Like she said 👆🏽👆🏽👆🏽 some people told me back pains but I never had back contractions with my son ! Only the lower abdominal ones like I was on my period but like 10x worse! They will start off mild and get worse and worse....if they feel like bearable period pains and aren’t consistent then they are Braxton Hicks...I’ve had had them this whole pregnancy since 16 weeks lol if they are Braxton Hicks they will stop if u drink water or change your position ! It always worked for me....if they are actual contractions , it doesn’t matter how you sit or lay down you will still be in pain!

Very sharp painful cramps!! Where you have to stop you aren’t able to do anything when you feel it . Like she said it doesn’t matter how you position yourself your still going to be in horrible pain

For me once my water broke I finally felt them and they did feel similar to period pain... but so so much more intense and felt like deep pain not so much sharp.. just super deep intense pain..

Strong period like cramps accompanied but intense pressure like pain in your butt like you really have to poop. They make you stop everything and all you can focus on is them. When I had them in the hospital, it felt like my butt was being split in two and every time one came on I had to put myself in some sort of meditative state to get through them and everything around me had to be ignored at the time, doctors, nurses, I couldn't talk or answer questions

It's painful tightening of the stomach. Your stomach goes rock hard and you can't breathe. Then it goes away. Then it comes back. On repeat. I was worried I wouldn't recognize them but it was very obvious once they began and I started timing them.