38w and possibly having contractions ?

Sarena

I'm sitting here breathing through what I believe are true contractions. With my first my water broke and i never had contractions on my own or felt them due to epidural. I was 1cm for awhile with my first and with this one I'm 3cm and almost completely effaced. My stomach is so tight everytime and they definitely hurt down low and sometimes in my back. Please tell me these are real??

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