3rd trimester cramping??

SallyAnneS

I had mild cramping in my lower tummy from 5:30am - 1pm today.  No matter what I did the cramping came and went and came back again.  I tried drinking lots of water, laying on the couch, getting up and walking around a bit and nothing made it stop.  It was only really mild cramping and LO was moving around a lot.  The cramping reminded me of the 1st trimester cramping and RLP.  It stopped around 1pm but now I am having what I think are BH contractons and LO is still moving around a ton. 

This is totally normal right?  DH has told me that they talked about it in birthing class (I must have missed that part) and that it is normal.  I am just wondering if I should be thinking about packing my hospital bag and taking it with me to the cottage in the morning.