Im having Contractions 10 minutes apart and they are intense.

Id rate them a 7 or 8 they have me swearing inbetween panting which has continually become stronger since from about 7pm tonight when they started off 10 mins apart.

The last one had me gasping.... Soooo

How long until they should be closer together?

I already called my mum who is 5 hours away and told her to start coming as we want her to mind DS when its all happening, So Im hoping she will make it here in time and that the contractions will keep going strong because otherwise she will be here too early

Anything I should do to help keep them going?
With DS his labour was posterior and long and a totally different pain as he was all in my butt and back... this is all lower abd contractions

any advice would be great ... I realise its 4am