Dwindling Contractions?

I am currently 40 + 2 and yesterday, I had an appt where I was 1cm, 50% effaced. The doctor did a small sweep and we scheduled an induction for as far out as they would let me (41 +1). I am hoping for baby girl to come naturally though. This is my second pregnancy and my son was late, but came on his own! Last night I had small contractions that went away when I went to bed. This morning I woke up with much stronger ones, that became pretty consistent at 6ish minutes apart for about 2 hours. And then... 10 minutes. And now, very sporadic. Has anybody else had this happen? Did they come back within a few hours/days? I know it's a good sign but I keep getting up and walking/bouncing/squatting because I am scared to lose the contractions all together! Thank you!!