Honey, it's (almost) time!

So the ultrasound yesterday was perfectly fine, although I haven't had an ultrasound since I was 5 months when the baby had room to flail and kick his limbs all around with plenty of space. Now, he's so big and there's so little room he looked like a funny little pretzel in there and his face was literally smushed up against the uterine wall. But at that point I already knew the process had begun and now there's finally some progress on the labor front.
Here's what's been happening:  sometime around the middle-end of last week I started feeling random contractions, not painful at all, just sort of a tightening feeling that would actually lift my belly a little and give it a weird square shape. Then on Saturday we did a lot of walking during the day doing errands and I got nauseous and exhausted on the way home and had to take a nap right away. That night we did some acupressure and I felt contractions right away. The next day, Sunday, I had contractions all day consistently at about 20-30 minutes apart. The day after, Monday, I had consistent contractions at 10 minutes apart - the entire day. At that point it was still not painful, just an uncomfortable tightening that made me have to slow down whatever I was doing. We did some more acupressure before I went to bed and in the night the contractions started to get more intense to the point where I could not sleep after 4 am. Since then, today, I'm having consistent contractions that are about 7-8 minutes apart and they definitely demand some attention. It basically feels like the worst menstrual cramps ever and they make me have to bend or lean or pee or rock on the exercise ball or make Josh rub my back. It lasts about a minute so it's mostly tolerable, but coming on every 7 minutes there's only temporary relief.
I obviously had to take several breaks to even write this much but I figured whoever is actually reading this deserves an update, plus aside from frequent discomfort I am rather bored and in need of distraction.
This process is different for everyone and later on when people ask me how long I was in labor it will be difficult to know how to define when it technically began. Plus I really have no idea how much longer it will last! My water has yet to break and it's too early to call the midwife, I'm hoping that the contractions will continue to progress throughout the day and this procrastinating child will finally reveal himself to me before the sun comes up again. Wish me luck and send me happy vibes of relief and a speedy delivery!