Contractions and RLS

So I called Jenn last night because I was having such intense contractions that I thought I was going to die! They came on SO fast and honestly, it was a miracle I made it from the car to my room. I swear I'm really not a whimp when it comes to contractions and I was crying, it was hurting me so bad. I had called Jenn because I couldn't remember what to do to stop contractions. The first thing that came to mind was drink water and lay on my left side, but then I started second guessing myself and thinking maybe that's what I was supposed to do if I hadn't felt the baby move in a while. So Jenn confirmed that I was correct. Timmy got me some water and Josh got me the heating pad for my back. Jessica came upstairs after I had talked to mom because mom was just certain that I needed to call my dr right away. So Jess called the on call service and my dr called me back in about 10 mins. I told him what had happened and that it felt like it did when I was in labor with Ryan. He said that definitely wasn't good. He asked me how many contractions I'd had in an hour and I told him at least 10. He said that REALLY wasn't good. He asked if after an hour if they had intensified or subsided, I told him that after about 45 mins of laying down, they had definitely subsided but not gone away. He then said that I was doing the right thing and that if they were subsiding, then I should be okay. He also said that 6 or fewer contractions in an hour is fine, but any more than that and I needed to go straight to the hospital. He said that it was unlikely, but not unheard of that someone who had a successful, full term pregnancy would go into preterm labor SO early. He told me he would probably check me at my appt on Wednesday to make sure that I wasn't dialating, but that for the rest of the night I need to "stay quiet, stay down and stay calm". And also until Wednesday he wanted me to keep track of the intesity and frequecy of any contractions that I have and to take it easy until then. So yeah, that really sucked, but it's better today.

Also, I have been fighting with leg cramps and RLS. The RLS keeps me awake at night and the cramps wake me up from a dead sleep. I've been drinking TONS of water, but that doesn't seem to be helping at all. While I was in bed last night, I moved the heating pad from my back to behind my knees and that helped the RLS, so maybe I will just have to keep doing that. Any advice anyone has for RLS and leg cramps is very much welcome! So I think that covers my night last night, hopefully nothing like that will happen again, until it's actually time to have the baby! :-)