T-Hopes BH can be funny. They can be regular and painful and mimic real contractions or they can be irregular in strength, duration and frequency. Have they stopped? I'd call your hospital or intending birth place and ask them. Maybe its wise to get checked out especially if you have had a drop of blood. If I were the midwife on the phone I'd tell you to come up and get checked out just to ensure there were no cervical changes and that they did stop. I've been having them since 15weeks and I'll get alot then go for a week or two with nothing. I've now had them for 3days irregularly but not painful at all just the tightening feeling and discomfort but it normally always goes away when I lie down and take some panadol.

I too am so sorry to hear about your MIL. I'll keep everything crossed you and DH and your baby get alot longer with your MIL then expected. What a difficult time it must be for you all.