I went to L&D last Sunday (36+6) with similar contractions and after 4 hours of being monitored they slowed down and I was sent home. 

I'm not sure when or if I should go to the hospital as it might just be false labor again, HOWEVER with my second I woke up in the middle of the night with severely painful contractions and only labored from them only maybe an hour and she was born so I take these pains seriously but again, don't want to have to call my mom at 2 in the morning to come drive 30 minutes to watch my two children while I go all the way to L&D at 2 in the morning for another false labor! 

I don't know what to do?!?!

(UPDATE)

From 12:30am till 2am they were 2 minutes apart lasting 40 seconds, pain staying consistant. Then from 2ish till 3 they became 1 minute apart lasting more than a minute and more painful, so I think 10 more minutes of these really painful ones and im going in, but then everything just stops! Completely! So frustrated I keep starting and stopping labor!! 😣😣

How can I have these intense signs of labor for hours and then it just stop?!