confused about timing contractions

demi • Expecting our first precious miracle baby after the Mr. beat testicular cancer, an orchiectomy & chemotherapy 😍👶🏼
So, when real contractions come, can you still have intermittent Braxton Hicks? For example, if I'm lying down, and having minute-long painful contractions every eight minutes, then stand up and have a random 30 second contraction does that negate the rest of them? Are labor contractions definitely consistent? And do they have to be painful? 

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