Hospital time or no ?

elleigh • Due 9/20/2022 ❤️❤️

So I’m 38+6 today and have been having pretty intense contractions all morning. Varying in time apart from 3 minutes-22 minutes. The most painful contractions to date. They ended up stopping for about 2 hours but they’re coming back even stronger. Would you say this is early labor? Anyone have any similar experiences? Is it labor even if it stops for a bit then starts again?