went into hospital day assesment unit yesterday as thought my contractions had started as they were more painful then they have been the last few weeks ...they put me on a monitor for a bit typically while i was on the machine the contractions i was getting wernt as strong as the ones i had while at home or lasting as long ...the outcome was im either having painful braxton hicks or in very slow early labour ....i asked how long that it could go on as ive had it on off for about 3 weeks but the last 3 days got a little bit worse each day and they said that its normal i could have it like this until im 2 weeks overdue( im nearly 39 weeks ) ...yesterday felt so ill i was sick the first time since about 15 weeks pregnant ....got back from the hospital at around 2pm and apart from about an hour or 2 i slept until 7 am this morning i was sooo tired and ill ...feel a little better but still not 100% ....just hope baby turns up soon as had enough of these contractions and it doesnt progress to the real thing after all this time