prodromal labor

12 hours ago the bh started. i chugged some water hoping to ease them. then the cramps started. for a few hours i was getting intense period like cramps along with my stomach getting tight. fast forward to 1130pm i told my husband we needed to go to l&d, i had been timing the contractions and they were 4 min apart for over a hour. and my low back hurts so bad with each one. got to the hospital only to get told i’m still 1cm and only 60/70% thinned, said since the timing is right just need to wait for them to get stronger. y’all we got home and i cried so hard. i’m in so much pain, SO exhausted, and was really hoping it was the real thing 😭😭 hopefully it won’t be too much longer 38+2 today