Photos app not uploading photos

I upgraded Yosemite, getting the new Photos App, yesterday. I have 18,133 photos. So far, according to the progress bar in Preferences for the app, nothing has uploaded. I didn't see anything that specifically started the process. And it says "Uploading 18,133 items". But it has been saying that for almost 24 hours. Is there something to actually start the process? Or is this a server problem that Apple will eventually get caught up to?

I have about 1,200 photos and I had the same problem. Here is what worked for me.
I have an iPhone 6 an iPad and a iMac. I shut down all open and or running applications on all devices. I then rebooted all three devices. I then disabled sleep and auto-lock on all devices. I then opened Photos on all three devices. All 1,200 photos uploaded in about two hours.
this might not work for others but it worked for me.

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