Contractions

It's almost 4 am, and I have been up solid since around 2:30. My sweet nurse has been coming in every thirty minutes or so, and at around 2:30 she said that my contractions were about 1 - 5 minutes apart. We've been monitoring them since then, and they are steady coming 2 minutes apart now. They are not extremely painful, but are just uncomfortable like really bad period cramps. I was able to get several hours of good sleep thanks to an Ambien, a magic sleeping pill that seems to have worn off...I am hoping that with the steady progression of the contractions that I won't have to labor too long after they start the induction in a few hours. A girl can dream...!
(Well, it was almost 4 am, but with contractions and a not so great Internet connection, this has taken a little while...)