No baby today😩

I am 36+ 4 weeks, I woke up at 12am thinking I was having some acid reflux so I took some tums. Fall asleep, wake up at 3am still in pain this time super uncomfortable couldn’t breathe. I finally woke up my husband and asked him to take me to the hospital. We get there around 4:15am, they do a bunch of tests. Around 5am the doctor who assumed I wasn’t in labor and i convinced myself I wasn’t in labor asks to do a cervical check- I agree because why not. Both of us not expecting anything- she goes you’re at 4cm and went to double check because she wasn’t expecting it.

7am rolls around I had contractions then and the next doctor checks me- still at a 4 no big deal. Finally pain meds kick in and I finally got to rest a bit.

8am My doctor comes in and checks me still 4 and 50% effaced. So he sends me home because we aren’t going to intervene to avoid this baby to go to the nicu.

Did this happen to you and when did you actually go into labor?