Confirms are moving slowly because the network is. Gap between the current and previous block was almost 5 hours... and so far it's been another 80 minutes. It should normally be 10 minutes.

In the past 5 days only 388 blocks have been found; this is about half what the network should have been generating.

This is one situation where p2pool has a distinct advantage. You still have to wait for your share(s) of the block the pool has found to mature, but at least the funds are sitting in your wallet. At a centralised pool, the funds could be confirming for a day or two before you can withdraw them.