I had what I thought were real labour pains at 36 weeks with DD2. It was after I had a particularly busy day where I had done more than I normally would. I had to stop and breathe through the contractions and thought 'this is it'. They lasted from about 5pm until 2am. They were quite regular and close together. I started to stress as I had gone through something similar with DD1 and she had been born early. But the contractions stopped and I had them on and off for the rest of my pregnancy until DD2 was born at 38+4. It was funny, when I actually went into labour, I knew it. The contractions were so intense. But my labour with DD2 was only 2 hours from start to finish so maybe that's why they were so intense from the beginning. Anyway, I hope that they've died down overnight and you are feeling ok this morning xx