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back contractions?

I'll be 39 weeks pregnant tomorrow and so far I've had literally no contractions, no braxton hicks etc, all I really get is a crampy feeling, but I've got really bad back pain which comes and goes, and bad rib pain too... from my last midwife app two week ago he's 3/5th engaged he's been head down for a while now, he's dropped really low I can literally feel him headbutting down there to the point I worry he'll just pop out, anyone know if there back contractions? I can't really say I know what contractions feel like as I'm a FTM and everyone says it's like a period pain, but I never had any period pains... confused :(
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I'm 39 weeks and 3 days, I've had the same back pain and rib pain. I'm dilated to a one and my cervix is still hard, my ob told me yesterday to just be patient it's your first baby, (mine to) if ur not sure about it being real contractions or BH take Tylenol extra strength and if they go away you'll know it's just pregnancy pains.
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