Prodromal labor?? Anyone else?

Sorry for the long rant... I need to vent!! I'm 37 weeks with baby #3. Last week at my 36 week dr appointment I was dilated to a 3, 80% effaced and at a 0 station. Starting at about 35 weeks Im pretty sure I've been experiencing Prodromal labor. I never had this with my other 2 pregnancies. This isn't the first time but Last night so far has been the worst! I woke up having mild contractions around 11 pm. I started timing them and they were 5-7 mins apart. I knew if anything maybe it was early labor so I tried to go back to sleep and not get to excited. Maybe slept till about 12:30 and was woken up again and now they were 3-5 mins apart and lasting 45-60 secs. They were stronger but still nothing like I knew they could be. I couldn't sleep at all and at 5 am I finally decided to go get checked out. I took a hot shower for about 45 mins and started packing my bags up. Hubby was super excited and then right when I was about to go out the door they had fizzled out to 8-10 mins apart. So I didn't go. I have had them all day here and there. Nothing regular.. And I am seriously wore out. I have an appointment this afternoon with my dr and even though I know there's nothing he can do... I wish he could! This is terrible. Anyone else going through this or went through this? I don't even know what to do. My previous labors were pretty fast and started with these kinds of contractions. So I'm constantly on edge if this is it or just another false alarm. Has Anything helped or just finally started the real deal for anyone? I need some words of wisdom lol This momma is discouraged 😐