Been up since 1:30 and I think I've read EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET.

Been having contractions all that time... since 4:30 they've been about every 7 minutes. Much better than before, but still not close enough. Starting to really hurt though... doing all the usual stuff... breathing through them, closing my eyes, getting a backrub. I'm doing OK but I'm starting to get a bit nervous about driving to the hospital through 3 or 4 of these, when I can't get into a more comfortable position. Plus I'm really wanting to get into a bathtub deep enough to cover my belly, I had a bath at 6 this morning when things were starting to get painful and it was awesome, but would have been even better if I could get the water up over my belly.

Getting closer now; about 6 minutes apart. Maybe time to phone the midwives.

Please, please, please God, do not let this be false labour.