False alarm?

So Michelle started having contractions every 5 minutes for over an hour, then she thought her water broke. We went to the hospital and waited 5 hours just to be seen by the midwife! Apparently, her water didn't break and she was still only 1 cm dilated, so we were sent home. Needless to say, Michelle was very disappointed, mostly about having to wait so long for the midwife. A little frustrated and anxious to get this over with. Soon, very soon!