Currently 39 weeks pregnant and the last two times I’ve had sex I’ve had extremely painful cramps/tightenings afterwards.. like super painful, they don’t feel like usual Braxton Hicks. Last time this happened (2 nights ago) i timed them and they were happening every 10 minutes or so for around 6+ hours until I finally got to sleep when I took paracetamol.

Last week, I was in L&D for contractions that were confirmed on the monitor (felt just like these pains) that just randomly stopped after about 12 hours as well so I was sent home. Whilst I was there, I had an internal examination and baby is head down and my cervix was soft and short just not dilated at that time.

Is it normal for things to start and stop like this for almost over a week? What can I do to make things progress to actual labour? Please can someone help or at least tell me I’m not alone in this 😭