Help ladies...contractions?

Question

Hello ladies... I am a FTM(38 weeks) and I woke up having this period like cramps and pain in my lower back and legs... just like if I was gonna get my period. The pain it is steady but it becomes stronger at times.... it is painful to the point where I dont feel like talking but not to the point where i can't 
If they are contractions do I start timing when the pain gets stronger. Because I have been doing so and they are about 1 minute long every 2-3 minutes..

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I would call your ob and see if they want you to stay home and wait or go get checked out. When I started real contractions after my water broke I definitely learned the difference of light random contractions and the oh S#%* this baby is coming now contractions lol. Mine was all back labor so I'm not exactly sure but is your whole stomaching becoming extremely hard? My whole lower back would "lock" up with every contraction. At 38 weeks anything is possible. Best wishes!

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If they stay like that for an hour, you should go to the hospital.

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Use a timer app. The interval is from start of one to start of the next. They say once they last for 1 minute and the interval is every 5 minutes for 30-60 minutes then it's labor.
Saying that, I had multiple episodes of those starting 38 weeks and been to L&D several times where they'd say you're in labor but still need time (I had lost my plug and was dilated and effaced). I finally delivered at 39w4d. The difference between my actual labor contractions and the previous ones was that each contraction was more intense than the previous one and the accelerated fast so they were every 7 minutes and soon became every 5 and when we were in the car, they were getting to every 3.

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They don't seem strong enough just yet

Help ladies...contractions?

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