I started having contractions around 5 this morning. After speaking to my doctor about 11am, they told me to go to the ER. I finally went to the ER 9:30pm. After almost two hours I was sent home. The doctor sent me home because I was only 1 cm dilated and 50% effaced. She checked me twice during the time I was in triage. The doctor told me that I would have contractions all the way up until delivery. The contractions weren’t Braxton Hicks. Even though I was having contractions, I was still sent home. Should I be expecting labor pretty soon?