false alarm? braxton hicks?

so from my last topic thati posted: - slept throughout the night, woke up at 3+am for a pee and only felt tightening. i then woke up again (now) at 6.20am and felt tightening but still bearable. yesterday night was intense back pain and time to time the pain moved forward and the pain i had does not go away no matter what i do or no matter the position i changed. pain intervals was about 10-15 mins apart and lasted for 15-30 mins each. now i'm wondering.... it happened for 9 rounds of pain in total but j am able to sleep through and only felt tightenings for those times that i woke up. is it braxton hicks or real contraction? i'm confused...