Maddy just smiled and dug her fingernails into the armrest. The drive to the hospital told her that her suspicions had been right, the contractions were still fairly strong, and at regular intervals. She was definitely in labor.
She'd pre-registered a few weeks ago, so when they arrived, she was loaded into a wheelchair and taken to Labor & Delivery. "We've paged Dr. Katz," the nurse told her. "She's on her way, she should be here very soon."