Hi
I am 26 and a half weeks pregnant. Last night I woke up to period pains. I have been having one-off occasional period type cramping, throughout this pregnancy, but very mild and I felt it, then it went (also very rarely, not oftenat all). Anyway I woke up early this morning to stronger period type pains, lasting for about 30 seconds, then going away. The pain was also around my lower back slightly too. After a while I decided to time the pains, they came at 5.33am, 5.38, 5.43, 5.48, so every 5 mins, but then the one after was 8 mins, the one after 10 mins. The whole thing lasted about 40 minutes but then stopped and I went back to sleep. I had another couple of pains again when I woke up a couple of hour later but now its lunch time and I feel fine, no pains at all.

So, do you think these pains where braxton hicks? I read that you get a tightening of the stomach with braxton hicks, but I didn't get that. The baby was active at the time of the pains, kicking and moving about.