She'd been extremely careful to mask her pain, taking sips of water or gritting her teeth and keeping her expression neutral. This was far too important for anyone to be concerned about her.
"I think we ought to wait a little longer before we get her," she said. "I don't want her to hover." Tonks hesitated. She didn't want Remus to worry about anything more than he already had to worry about, but she couldn't very well help this.
"I think I've been having contractions since late afternoon. I don't know for sure--it might be false labour--but I figured better safe than sorry."