Round ligament pain?

Amanda • Baby girl born 12/1/19 💗👶🏻🎀

Hi all! First time mom here. I’m 33.4 weeks and I’ve been getting, what I believe to be, intense round ligament pain in the middle of the night. It’s so bad it wakes me up and takes my breath away. It hurts so bad I can’t even talk during the episodes. Curious if anyone else has these this bad? I almost wondered if it was a contraction. Is this considered normal? I’ve got an appointment later this week and plan to address it.