At about 12 I began feeling these excruciating pains toward the center of my abdomen that would last about a minute and were 5-8 minutes apart but only happened 3-4 times and stopped since then. Could this be contractions? I'm 36 weeks and am absolutely sure this couldn't be Braxton Hicks, I was in the middle of a crochet project and threw it due to the pain, made me instantly hot, breathless and almost had me in tears. I was induced with my labor prior to this pregnancy and was given an epidural before I could actually feel what contractions really felt like, my memory of them never felt nearly as bad as it did tonight. Just curious if this this could be contractions or if I should be worried at all.