Hey Guys - thank you all for your advice and support. I actually ended up getting really sick last night, with a shocking throat infection, didnt sleep more than 2 hours all night and then fever and fainting this morning. I went to the doctor and they started me on a course of strong quick acting antibiotics. I am feeling much better now - although still pretty yucky, hoping that a good nights sleep will make all the difference.
I think that maybe you guys were right about me subconciously blocking labor from starting. That my body knew that i was getting sick and stoped labor progressing as I wouldnt have the strenght to labor or care for a new born whilst i was so sick. I dont know. i am actually releived it didnt progress now, i would probably ended up with a lot of intervention, not just from being sick but from physical exhaustion. I was so focussed on starting labor i was walking a lot amoungst other things so i wasnt as rested as i should be.
I have now come to the conclusion that my body knows what it is doing. It will start when it is good and ready - whether i am walking, bouncing on my ball, or laying in bed. And it is better to be rested than exhausted before the long haul even starts!
But a quick update - the contrax are all but stoped - BUT i am gettin some serious pains in my vagina and some very heavy period like pains low in my pelvis. I havent had a baby before - but intuition tells me this is doing more for me than all the contrax i have had in the last 3 days. It actually feels like i am opening up.
So now i am off to bed to get some much needed sleep until bubs decides it is ready to come out! Thanks again everyone!