I'm afraid to get my hopes up because i've been having false labor contractions on and off for about 2 weeks already. Last night my husband took me to dinner, and sitting in the booth I started to get the usual backpain then abdomen pain contraction and thought, "eh when I stand up it'll go away like all of them do." but they didn't disappear or even fade when I stood up, and when I rode in the car home. So then i'm thinking it's still a trick, so I purposely try to lull them away, I took a hot shower and had a mug of hot tea, contractions through it all. Went to sleep the whole night and woke up early this morning, and still contractions, but they have only gotten a little bit stronger and it's been about 8 hours now. I'm pretty sure this is the real deal but I don't want to get my hopes up. What do you guys think? Later on in the day today I will post again to let you know if my contractions are still around.