I'm not sure if there is anything I can do, this is not my first pregnancy but first time I ever experienced anything like this. I started having contractions around 5pm Friday and they have not stopped since. They aren't as bad every time but I hurt off n on non stop. When I went to the er Friday night, they said I was having actual contractions but there is nothing they can do because I'm not dilating, I was only 2.5 so they sent me home. They gave me 2 hydrocodone and I could still feel the contractions pretty bad through it. Is there anything I can do to help dilate or make the pain go away? I can fall asleep but get woke up in real bad pain.