started having contractions last night a lil painful but only one here or there went to bed around 2 and intensity and pain continued. I was trying to ignore them and get some sleep but was stuck in a half conscious unconscious state. 6am and they started becoming painful (my husband needing to help me out of bed to use the restroom). I've been timing them and they are 2-3 mins apart just waiting to see if they will still continue to 8am before I go in or if they will die down (have had so many times where I was sent home not from contractions dying down but from not dilating). These contractions definitely feel like the real thing! The other times they were just uncomfortable and not this painful. Wish me luck hope this is it!!