Are Braxton Hicks contractions painful?

I feel like I’m experiencing them for the first time this week. 38+2 today.

They feel tight and painful. Sometimes I feel like I need to be on all fours almost like I’m in labor.

Is this the “practice for real labor” they were speaking of? Is this how it’s supposed to feel?

Feels like she is moving downward into my pelvis. Stomach feels tight. Last 2-6 mins.

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