Labor in slow mo

I had a dr's appointment (with my regular OB--finally) on Tuesday. It went really well. She didn't "check" me this time around and, though, I'm curious to know if I've dilated or not, I won't complain about the not being "checked" part. I have a follow up ultrasound this coming Monday to check on the baby's growth and an appointment on Tuesday. I forgot about how much time you spend at the dr's office the last few weeks of pregnancy.

After we got out of my appointment on Tuesday, we went out for pizza and as we were putting the leftovers in our box, I got my first contraction--braxton hicks--whatever. It felt like an extremely watered down version of the real thing. And I've been getting them off and on ever since. At first it was every 5 minutes, then every 10, and then it started to decrease, and then it started to increase. It's been all over the place. It seems like it's the worst at night. Maybe it's because that's all I'm thinking about. Any way, the same thing happened with Holden. I feel so much more confident the second time around. When I was at the contraction stage with Holden, every thing was new and my body had never been through it before. Not that I'm a pro at this or any thing, but I do feel like I'm more in control this time around. We'll see. In the meantime, I'm doing the whole - drink lots of water and lay on your left side--walk around thing.