Thank you everyone. I was worried something was wrong. I get extremely nervous with this being my first baby and don't want to keep rushing to the hospital for everything.

@ladyllama66, one more thing, since you are far enough along keep drinking your water and moving around. Don't lay down. If it's the early stages of labor you want the contractions to keep up until they finally dilate you! I crawled around on my hands and knees for hours until I was in too much pain from the contractions I had to go in. Mop the floors. Vacuum. Anything to keep yourself moving. Maybe baby will make a grand appearance soon! Good luck

@rachel8792, I agree with your first comment. But contractions can vary in length. With my daughter they were about 30 seconds long. With my son they were roughly 45. So, they can be shorter. 😉

@ladyllama66, sadly that's what happens. It's possible you are in the early stages of labor. You are having contractions but they aren't doing anything to your cervix. Unfortunately this could last for days! If you are dehydrated you will have contractions.

Also each contraction will be about a minute long each one

Every time I was dehydrated they just gave me water too. Its standard procedure. They give you an hour to dialate , and if its truly labor, then you will dialate, otherwise you are either dehydrated, or having braxton hicks