You said it in your description: "whooping noise." Everyone in my family has had this Whooping Cough, a.k.a Pertussis, this season. It started with my 16-yr.-old; then to my 1-yr-old (vomit inducing), then my husband and me. It skipped my 2 1/2 yr. old, but he also had an extended high fever, which must have killed the bacteria.
I only realized it was whooping cough today. When I first read the description, I mistook the "whooping" sound for the "seal bark" of Croup, and thought, nah, that's not it. But, I'm pretty positive that's what it is.
VCD isn't generally felt in the middle of the night (at least from what I've read).
A possibility is whooping cough. Especially if you haven't been vaccinated against it, there are a couple different phases with different symptoms.
There are a lot of doctors that don't believe it is something adults can get but I have got glimpses of articles that saw otherwise.
Don't know much more than that but you could reasearch a bit more and bring it to your doctor, I believe there is a quick culture you can do to test for it.
Hope you feel better soon.