I had the "painless" contractions too... I could not decide whether they were real or not. I finally started timing my contractions (when my stomach would get hard then soft) they were 4-6 minutes apart and lasted about a minute, that same night I went into labor! Everyone is different though. I also had the pain in my inner thigh for weeks...I think it is just your pelvis getting ready.

Good luck, hope that helped.

My tummy was going hard for days without much pain but I definately knew when I was in labour! I was having period pains that lasted a minute and being two minutes apart!

Hey melissa, when I was pregnant with my daughter, I had braxton hicks from six months until I delivered, on almost a daily basis. And like someone said in another post to your topic, you will definitely know the difference when you go into real labor!!!! My very first contractions felt like bad menstrual cramps also, and your stomache will be hard during a real contraction just like with the braxton hicks, but you will have the pain, and it will get consistently worse, or at least it surely did in my case. I am not a doctor, but I personally do believe that braxton hicks can do a little to dialate you, as I was at going on three centimeters dialated for the last three weeks of my pregnancy, but again i'm not a doctor, so I don't know if this was the cause, and the doctors didn't seemed concerned about me being a little dialated. I also had pain, your body is preparing to have this baby, and you have a lot more weight resting on you at this point that could cause you hip/thigh pain. Good luck I hope everything goes well for you!!!

Hey hey! Im 37 weeks and I feel left out cuz I dont feel anything still unless its baby moving or kicking :s I haven't had anything other than that feeling in my tummy and a few sharp pains here and there.. :s

dont worry not everyone had braxton hicks, some people go into labour without many signs beforehand

oh okay good. Thot that it would take way longer to go into labour cuz I haven't felt really any "labour signs" that much. Im just getting menstrual cramps at night time here and there, and direah and feeling kinda sick but dont know if thats from the pregnancy or not :p

Iv been getting braxton hicks for bout month now but mine are painful but because they are not regular it dosent matter youll no when its the real thing