in my case it took about 48h to get my transaction confirmed.
not worry,u will get ur transaction confirmed.
Yes, or OP should do what you did. Wait.
It would really be advicable to first check the mempool everytime you make a transaction on Blockchain.info's site here
https://blockchain.info/charts/mempool-countA good no. of unconfirmed transactions to send some coins, with cheap fees, and a 10 - 20 minute waiting time for the first confirmation, would be under 5000.