Early labor

I’ve had contractions off and on pretty frequently for a couple weeks now. Last week I lost a big chunk of mucus plug over a course of a couple days. Last night I was woken up by timeable contractions that were 10-12 minutes apart, lasting 3-4 hours then stopped so I didn’t bother calling my midwife.

Contractions are coming on again today and going to see if they’re timeable again.

With my other two pregnancies I never had early labor contractions, my water broke then I contracted after.

Anyone else experiencing or have experienced early labor contractions and want to share your experience?