ITunes Match continues cycle over and over again

I've tried starting iTunes Match several times over the past 48 hours. It cycles through all three steps, but then when it gets to the final one at some point in the uploading songs process, it stops and it starts all over again. It has done this about 3 times. Any advice about how to actually get everything fully uploaded? Thank you!

Added to this, everytime it re-syncs songs, somehow the music GB count goes up and I keep losing space on my iPhone!
Anyone???

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