Wondering

So this is my first pregnancy I’m currently 37 almost 38 weeks I had some contractions last night that stood for about an hour and went away a few people said to go to the Hospital but I kinda figured it wasn’t time anyways.My water didn’t break,No blood show or anything like that

I’m just wondering if anyone has had these type of contractions and how long later did they actually have real contractions and go into labor ? If that makes sense