Contractions Already?

I'm not sure what is going on here and I'm not sure what I'm going to do about it. It is midnight right now. I went to bed an hour and a half ago. I woke up about a half an hour ago because I'm having contractions. They aren't really timeable, they seem to be coming every 30 seconds and last for only about 15 seconds. They hurt though. I haven't called the doctor yet because well, to be honest I'm scared. Scared that they are going to tell me to come in so they can monitor me - what am I going to do about Katarina? I am not ready for this yet! Scared that they are going to tell me that I am indeed having contractions - it's a month too early by THEIR due date, 6 weeks early by mine. Right now, I'm going to keep drinking water and walking around...that seems to be helping.

I'm downstairs on the couch - I tried sleeping in bed tonight but my hips are hurting me so bad that I almost cry every time I try to turn over or get up to go to the bathroom. I came down here as to not disturb Nick but now I disturbed him anyway to tell him about this new turn of events.

Ok...it's 15 minutes later and the contractions seem to be subsiding. Back to just having more of a Braxton-Hick contraction like I've been having all night. Still having regular contractions too, but the pain is a lot less.

Wow. Contractions. I didn't have any prior to going into labor with Katarina so let me tell you, being on the couch in the middle of the night having them sure reminds me of that night I ended up going to the hospital to have #1. And I'm sure not ready for that just yet!