The contractions are beginning...

So this is what I'm in for...geez. I had been feeling cramps for the past 24 hours, but no big deal. Then around 2am today, I woke up to more discomfort, ended up rolling around on the floor since I was moving so much and didn't want to bother Dav. By 3am, the discomfort became distinct "on" discomfort, with long "off" in betweens, so I got back into bed to snooze. The "on" has been super short...like 5~10 seconds, and the "off" long enough that I actually fell asleep forgetting what's happening. I'm thinking this is a nice gentle way to ease into the real deal. But I'm getting a glimpse of what the "on" is going to be like. I can't imagine the "on" being a minute long! It's too uncomfortable to be lying down now, so I'm up alone (well, not really; Kats is with me). It was pretty funny that for a while in bed, I kept turning or getting up to go to the bathroom, and Kats never budged. As usual, I had to climb over him! Sheesh. So things are going well. I'm trying to welcome this pain. We sure tried hard to get it going: played ping pong at our local bar with Dav (I beat his ass), my mom massaged that special inducing area, and Dav and I, you know, snuggled ;) Whatever it was, something has started. Could be a long ways away though...I sense this is just the beginning.