Stomach pains = contractions ?

Alison • I`m 29 and my husband is 33. We got married in June, moved to Michigan, and I started a new career as a Food Scientist! We are pregnant with #1! Proposed due date is July 20th 😁
I woke up this morning because I kept having bad stomach pains. It happened at 6:30am and I was able to fall back asleep then again at 8:30am. I had them until about 10am then they went away. I've been having some intermittent lower back pain and period like cramps as well. I'm currently 35+3 weeks.