Kirley continued to freak out enough for both of them the rest of the duration of Anna's first phase labor. He did everything he could think of for her, from fetching ice chips when she needed them to helping her walk around the room for a change of position to massaging her feet or back when she needed it, but throughout it all he never quite stopped fretting. The nurses and healers learned very quickely to hate him, since he would call them in for the most ridiculous stuff. Eventually they would stop responding and would only come if Anna called, much to Kirley's annoyance.
It was well into the next morning, almost noon actually, and Kirley had already disillusioned a second shift of nurses, before things started to pick up. Anna's contractions had been getting worse for several hours, sending Kirley nearly into a tizzy, when the healer finally announced that she was fully dilated, and the delivery was about to begin.