Contractions or braxton hicks?

Rachel
Im 35 weeks. The last few nights I've been having really bad back pain with cramping feeling in my stomach. It doesn't really come and go enough to be timed it just seems to linger for a while then disappear. Each night it's been getting more and more painful and no matter what I do it doesn't ease up till after a couple hours. I've had alot of braxton hicks this pregnant but I'm not sure what this is? Any thoughts? Thanks