Ah thank you ladies. How frustrating it is when us mommas are so excited and something like this happens then just vanishes! But baby will come when he's ready (: your comments helped thank you. Fingers crossed that I'll go into labor on my own!!
Early labour can sadly start and stop /: by the sounds of it that's what you're experiencing.. i had this with my first, all i can say is ignore it until contractions are close together and the pain feels too much, once you hit the next stage it's full blown labour and it won't stop. I had this for a few days with my first then spent a day walking here there and everywhere i had her at 38+6 (: my second was a completely different story, i had him after a sweep at 40+4 good luck!
I'm almost 40 weeks and I got checked yesterday. I was cramping on and off the whole day but it got less and less intense as the day went on. I thought it might of started labor too but it didn't :/ just hurts like heck!
It was more than likely caused by the check. You could also be entering an inactive phase called promodal labor. It can last for a while. It is just your body preparing it's self for active labor.