Severe cramping at 23wks

Maryanna

I woke up in the middle of the night (around 1 am) started off like bad period cramps in the lower part of my body. 30 minutes later it became worse to the point where i was crying and felt like throwing up. I took a pain killer thinking it would help. Around 2 am it started getting a little worse, i had this constant cramping pain and then these tiny strong cramps that felt like you were being stabbed. My husband asked if i wanted to go to the hospital just in case but i insisted we didn't because i wanted to see if they would calm down before we went. He agreed but if they progressively got worse we would have to go. I was finally able to go back to sleep around 3 am at that time the cramps were very minimal, its now about to be 6 am and im only getting small cramps. What should i do?