Maybe yesterday's walk helped just a little

I started having contractions last night around 9pm. Brian and I were sitting by the fire when the contractions started. They were only lasting about 20 seconds max, but they were moderately intense and close together. I was getting excited because I thought we were starting the real deal. After 10pm nothing happened. I felt crampy and my back was sore, but I wasn't having any more contractions. The only thing that seemed to have been accomplished was that the baby moved down. His butt was now at my belly button. I was tired, so I decided to go to bed. I woke up a few times in the night from sporadic contractions, but again it was nothing to phone in about. I woke up extremely nauseous today, and everything from my belly button to my vagina was sore. I decided to take a long bath. The water helped with the soreness, but the bath seemed to excite the baby. He started moving around quite a bit. When I got out of the bath, I was hit with a 5 minute period of lightning crotch which prohibited me from moving at all. I just sat on the toilet lid and breathed through it. The pain only let up a couple of times and the relief was momentary. As soon as I was able to I got up and started getting ready. I thought "this is it!" It wasn't. I've just been taking it easy around the house. Nothing new to report other than some more spotting and a sore back.