So I called the on-call OB because I have been having crazy back pain that I consider to be back labor (comes and goes in spurts/dull or sharp in spurts). I was hoping he would tell me to come get checked out. Instead he gave me homework. He wanted me to lay on my left side, drink 3 big glasses of water, take a hot 20 min shower, lay back down on my left side, and drink 3 more glasses of water. If the pain goes away then it was false labor. If it persists and get stronger then it is real labor. Has anyone else been given this homework from their OB? I think with all this water I'm going to float the baby out. Or my water is going to break and I'll think I went pee (or vise versa). 🙄😬