Labour stopped

I have been having intense braxton hicks since the night before. Last night the contractions were pretty intense and close lasting 55-60 seconds every 6-8 minutes. I called the triage and the midwife asked to stay home and wait till the contractions are 3-5 minutes apart and advised to take paracetamol. Which I took and now my contractions are irregular. They are coming but the gap is wider. This leaves me pretty disappointed as I am awake past 2 nights and haven't got a minute of sleep and now i am not in a situation to go to hospital again and neither can I sleep as they are still coming. Please let me know has this happened to any of you? And how to get the contractions started again? I have no energy left now whatsoever as its been 2 days I am in early phase of labour. I am 40w plus 4 days overdue and FTM.

UPDATE: Baby girl arrived the next day Oct 26th. Contractions started again in the evening but they were irregular but intense. I went to Triage anyway just to get checked and my water broke when they asked me to give urine sample. I was checked and was 4cm dilated. The contractions remain irregular so i never came into their 3-5 mins category.. I am glad I made a decision to go to hospital!!