Contractions about 5 mins apart but...

This is my current situation, they feel like really tightening period cramps. The kind that wake you up at night and make you go look for a midol against your will. They don't disable me, they are just a lot of pressure but like I'm not dying in pain to the point of crying. They started last night at about 10pm. I don't want to go to l&d for them to tell me to come back home because they are not strong enough or that I'm not dilating at all, but the app (and my husband) say I should go. What do you think?