More Contractions but no baby yet!

So the contractions have continued on and off since Friday morning at 3am! Friday afternoon and evening, I had a few more back contractions before bed and then we were up most of the night from midnight until 5am timing out contractions. The crazy thing is they were 5 minutes apart most of the time but they would only last for about a 1/2 hour and then stop completely for an hour or more. Then Saturday during the day, we decided to go for a long walk which did nothing. I called the Dr. office Saturday morning and told them what has been happening with the contractions and they told me to lay on my left side and drink fluids. I did that for as long as I could handle it but it was SOOOOO boring! The dr. also said not to call until they are consistent contractions for a full hour. I am just worried with all of these contractions I am having- I don't want to be late getting to the hospital! I NEED THE EPIDURAL!

So last night I went to bed and was up again at 1am for 30 minutes with contractions every 5 minutes and then they went away until 4am and repeated the same thing with contractions every 5 minutes for about 35-40 minutes. Then of course, NOTHING!

Over the past 2 days I have also been experiencing a constant pain in my lower back shooting down both butt cheeks (sorry TMI) and into my legs. The dr. office said this is the position of the baby being so low and sitting on my sciatic nerve. Fun, fun, fun. I am so ready for real labor. BRING IT ON!