33 weeks with preterm labor signs already

Background: I’ve been to labor and delivery twice already and it’s been considered that I have preterm labor signs. I’m 1cm dilated, 50% effaced, have a soft cervix and an over active uterus. They’ve given me meds to slow my uterus down and steroids to help promote lung development and I’m on bed rest and pelvic rest to prevent preterm labor. I know what to look for but I just don’t know if this is considered “period like cramps”🤷‍♀️

So if I have any sensation that’s similar to that I had with a period, I should probably go to labor and delivery right? When I’d have a period, I didn’t really feel what others would consider cramping but I felt what I’d explain as my ovaries trying to burn holes through both my back and my belly because it wasn’t a sensation in the center of my lower belly but on the sides a bit. Not sure if that’s what others have experienced but would that be considered having cramping like a period if I had that now??