38 weeks today

Last night starting at 6pm my contractions went from spurratic to every 5-9 minutes and painful with lots af cramping. I did not sleep much due to the contractions. I had my OB appointment today and she said if they stay the same to go to Labor and Delivery and she will be paged to section me. Today they subsided a little (of course). They are still there but not as painful and timing has gotten longer in between. So I am going to try my best to deal with the contractions and keep her in there until next Thursday my scheduled date-October 15th. Today was ny last day at work so if I make it through the weekend I have all next week to try and get prepared.