Prodomal Labour

Hi mummies ! Currently going through prodomal labour/early labour since 34 weeks 4 days , went to triage because my tummy was so tight & what i thought was braxton hicks turned out to be contractions hahah. started in the afternoon & finally went to the hosp at night bcuz i couldnt take it anym & turns out i was already 3cm dilated . contractions went to 10mins apart then 5 mins apart & it all stopped in the wee hours of the morning. was discharged aft a day at observation ward & now i feel the contractions every few hours , sometimes it gets consistent again then disappears. Just wanted to know if anybody else went through this & how long later did you actually go into labour