@Erin I can't remember being this uncomfortable with my daughter but I must have been, didn't have the intense painful braxton hicks though- they suck 🤣
Oh yes, I had a few braxton hicks moments, they weren't too painful but I got all excited thinking labour was starting only to be like "false alarm everyone!" 30 mins later
I'm in the same boat... didn't have an early labour scare like you but I'm at 39+3 now and desperately just want to go into labour, never realised it would be this uncomfortable